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Viewpoint: Science or scare-mongering? How many pieces of misinformation can you find in this disgraceful American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) attack on GMO crops and glyphosate?

Nicole Keller | 
On Dec 11, 2023, a clinical report titled, “Use of Genetically Modified Organism (GMO) – Containing Food Products in Children” ...
Video: 10 of the most prominent anti-vaccine celebrities, from Jim Carrey to Jenny McCarthy

Video: 10 of the most prominent anti-vaccine celebrities, from Jim Carrey to Jenny McCarthy

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Why do many celebrities reject science? Watch the video below to find out which Hollywood stars are anti-vaccine. 1. Jenna ...
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Are children and pregnant women risking their health by eating “GMO” foods? The American Association of Pediatrics controversially says ‘yes’. The real question: Is the AAP endangering the food vulnerable?

Are foods grown using genetically modified seeds hazardous to our health? Scientists, nutritionists and the global medical establishment say ‘no’.  ...
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GLP podcast/video: Lab-grown meat divides scientists; The rise of ‘Big Weed’; American Academy of Pediatrics goes anti-GMO?

Cameron English, Liza Dunn | 
Sustainable agriculture advocates are split over the potential benefits of cell-based meat. Why are these longtime allies divided over this ...
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Viewpoint: Organic farming and sustainable agriculture are often in conflict. Here’s why

Hank Campbell | 
hen it comes to denying science, California leads America, and sometimes the world. In early 2020, for example, when the ...
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European organic farming pioneer on why agricultural sustainability supporters need to drop their opposition to gene edited crops

Joost van Kasteren | 
For years, as director of the Swiss Research Institute for Organic Agriculture (FiBL), Urs Niggli fought against the genetic modification ...
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African scientists challenge activist claims that crop biotechnology revolution spreading across Africa threatens continent’s plant biodiversity 

Richard Wetaya | 
Do genetically modified (GM) pose a threat to the Africa’s plant biodiversity? ...
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Viewpoint: Anti-biotechnology, pro-organic dark money web — Tort lawyer-funded, Charles Benbrook-created Heartland Health Research Alliance co-opts academic and government institutions to subvert independent science

David Zaruk, Kathleen Hefferon | 
The Heartland Health Research Alliance (HHRA) an ideologically-focused research groups funded by ‘dark money’ support from the organic industry and ...
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American Pediatric Society lambasted by scientists, researchers, GLP’s Jon Entine for promoting scientifically-baseless claim that food grown from genetically modified seeds pose unique dangers to children

Immunologist and microbiologist Andrea Love, Ph.D., recently received a flood of messages from concerned parents and pediatricians. They were all ...
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Viewpoint: Crop biotechnology and chemical pseudo-science exposed — Here’s how the ‘dark money’, tort-lawyer funded Heartland Study dupes journalists and co-ops universities

David Zaruk, Kathleen Hefferon | 
Until the 1990s, research was often low-budget, done in government agencies or industry funded. But as universities acquired expensive analytical ...
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Viewpoint: ‘I’m talking about you Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth’ — Nobel Laureate Sr Richard Roberts urges Thailand to reject anti-biotechnology advocacy group fearmongering

Tulip Naksompop Blauw | 
Speaking in an exclusive interview to The Nation, Dr Sir Richard J Roberts, Nobel Prize winner for medicine in 1993, ...
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Just 27% of Americans think genetically modified foods are safe to eat. It’s time to set the record straight

Jamie Ducharme | 
Thirty years after tomatoes became the first genetically modified produce sold in the U.S., lots of people remain skeptical of science-ified ...
Is Bill Gates a global agriculture puppet master? Indian fact-checking site unmasks anti-biotechnology ‘environmentalists’ as source for fake claims

Is Bill Gates a global agriculture puppet master? Indian fact-checking site unmasks anti-biotechnology ‘environmentalists’ as source for fake claims

Aditi Gangal | 
No, the statement that Bill Gates instructed world governments to replace real food with genetically modified alternatives to combat global ...
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Phony Whistleblower Gambit: This is how far some environmental activist groups are willing to go to corrupt science for money and ideological gain

Cameron English | 
Environmental activists rely on several go-to tactics when fomenting fear of pesticides. One of their favorite methods is recruiting fake ...
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Viewpoint: Tech Panic Cycle — AI could transform entertainment, education, health care, unless over wrought fears shut down innovation

Daniel Castro, Patrick Grady | 
Recent developments in artificial intelligence (AI) have heightened imaginations about what the future holds ...
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Viewpoint: Here’s what happens when legislators pander to activists by over-regulating science and medical practice in an ill-advised effort to ‘protect the public’

Henry Miller | 
It is bad enough when unqualified pundits offer dumb opinions about science, but bad legislation can cause real damage. The COVID ...
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Viewpoint: Indian farmers urged to learn from Sri Lanka’s failed environmentalist-led movement to abandon science

One important lesson that Indian farmers must learn is never to believe without trying and applying what others are imposing ...
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Viewpoint: While environmentalists and journalists look the other way, anti-vax, pro-organic ‘dark money whore’ US Right to Know partners with organic food and tort lawyer hustlers to undermine science

David Zaruk | 
In the introduction to this Firebreak series on how foundations fund activists, I noted there were a wide variety of foundations: ...
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Another lesson from the news coverage of COVID: How poorly-written headlines can adversely impact the lives of readers

Henry Miller | 
Two friends independently emailed me a recent article from CNN’s website with this headline, which prompted both to ask whether they should ...
$115 billion: From GMOs to gene editing, agricultural biotechnology market poised to expand dramatically by 2028

$115 billion: From GMOs to gene editing, agricultural biotechnology market poised to expand dramatically by 2028

'Agricultural Biotechnology: Emerging Technologies and Global Markets' explores the dynamic intersection of cutting-edge biotechnological innovations and the global agricultural landscape ...
Americans’ top 10 favorite genetically-modified foods

Americans’ top 10 favorite genetically-modified foods

Faiq Zafar | 
Genetically modified papayas were first produced in the U.S. in 1996. Since then, they have been extremely popular in the ...
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GLP podcast/video: Dangers of slanted science coverage; Media falsely claims glyphosate could harm pregnant women

Cameron English, Liza Dunn | 
Exaggerated media coverage distorts the public's understanding of critically important scientific issues, and the consequences can be dire. How do ...
How ideological foundations and ‘dark money’ seed activist environmental movement and undermine science

How ideological foundations and ‘dark money’ seed activist environmental movement and undermine science

David Zaruk | 
Time was that non-profits were funded by their membership dues or individual donations, loose change drums at airports and clipboard ...
To reach climate change targets set at COP28, we need agricultural biotechnology to help decarbonize economies around the world

To reach climate change targets set at COP28, we need agricultural biotechnology to help decarbonize economies around the world

Beth Ellikidis | 
Climate change is affecting communities worldwide, and innovative solutions are more urgently needed than ever. As leaders from around the ...
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Weedkiller adaptation: ‘Silver bullets on weed control don’t exist’

It has been a quarter century since corn and soybeans were engineered to withstand the withering mists of the herbicide ...
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Viewpoint: Are ESG — environmental, social and governance — goals the next step in corporate citizenship or an activist imposition?

David Zaruk | 
Corporate ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) performance measurements have recently polarised the business community. Many see it as the next ...
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Viewpoint: Never heard of the Heartland Health Research Alliance? Here’s how the organic- and tort-lawyer funded sham research center generates disinformation about glyphosate and other farm chemicals

David Zaruk, Kathleen Hefferon | 
Where would science be if an influential institute today was established by tort lawyers to produce research solely for use ...
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