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EU Health Commissioner defends GMOs, warns against ‘regulation by public opinion’

Sara Lewis | 
Outgoing EU Health and Food Safety Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis has hit out at regulation by public opinion rather than science-based ...
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US meat industry goes to ‘war’ against Impossible Foods, Beyond Meat

Heather Haddon, Jacob Bunge | 
On a rainy September morning, a pair of cattle ranchers browsed the refrigerated meat cases at a Walmart Inc. store ...
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Has modern agriculture ‘tainted’ your Thanksgiving dinner?

Cameron English | 
The Environmental Working Group knows how to grab headlines with ominous claims about America's food supply. In 2018, the Washington, ...
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Viewpoint: Federal government doles out millions of dollars to ‘children’s health centers’ that promote junk science

Angela Logomasini | 
For more than two decades, the federal government has doled out millions of dollars to fund university-based “children’s environmental health ...
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Viewpoint: Absolute opposition to GMOs, gene edited crops and pesticides threatens food security and harms the environment

Toban Dyck | 
Every time an outspoken pundit calls GMOs categorically unsafe it undermines decades of past and in-progress scientific research and reminds ...
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Is ‘natural’ better than ‘artificial’? Skincare products underscore why that view is wrongheaded

Maria Semykoz | 
Synthetic and 'chemical-sounding' preservatives in cosmetics are safer than the alternatives that are marketed as 'natural' ...
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Geneticist Pamela Ronald: Non GMO food label ‘dupes’ Americans into buying $26 billion worth of mostly misleadingly-labeled products

DESPITE broad scientific consensus that genetically modified (GMO) food is safe, there has been a proliferation of product labels seeking ...
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Viewpoint: Can we trust the research of scientists who work for corporations? Here’s what you should know

Alex Berezow | 
There is a pervasive bias in academia against scientists who work in industry. It is often said that such individuals ...
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Viewpoint: Generation Z to environmentalists: If you care about sustainability, embrace GMOs and gene edited crops

Chris Barnard | 
It is important that this new generation follow the facts, not just rigid environmental orthodoxy ...
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Can the ‘trendy’ microbiome diet ease consumer fear of GMOs?

Oliver Morrison | 
The acceptance of the trendy microbiome diet among consumers has put wind in the sails of ag-biotech start up Joyn ...
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Viewpoint: Beef industry campaign against calling plant-based burgers ‘meat’ assaults consumer choice

Jan Dutkiewicz | 
Ranchers and their political allies want to brand plant-based foods like the Impossible Burger as inferior imitations, but consumers shouldn’t ...
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Europe’s rejection of GMO, CRISPR crops can teach scientists how to earn consumer trust

Katy Askew | 
European regulators and consumers have been steadfast in their rejection of genetic modification in food. The idea of ‘Frankenfood’ has ...
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Former FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb suggests regulators may crack down on ‘confusing’ non-GMO labels

Hank Campbell | 
If FDA ever enforces its own rules, they could stop lots of nonsense labels on food, and recent comments by ...
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Burger King sued for cooking plant-based Impossible Burger on grill used to fry beef

Jonathan Stempel, Richa Naidu | 
Burger King was sued on [Nov. 18] by a vegan customer who accused the fast-food chain of contaminating its meatless ...
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Podcast: Epidemiologist Geoffrey Kabat explains how junk science gets published—and how to spot it in the headlines

Cameron English, Geoffrey Kabat | 
Bad research can put people's lives at risk, so addressing problems with peer review is essential ...
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5 things plant-based meat makers can do to win consumer acceptance

Jeff Gelsk | 
Kerry, after completing proprietary consumer research this year, has identified five key issues that food companies should address when formulating ...
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Anti-pesticide group As You Sow, food industry spar over glyphosate sustainability

Adam Allington | 
San Francisco-based shareholder advocacy group As You Sow rated 14 major food companies on what—if anything—they’re doing to address the ...
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Marketing stunt? Some restaurants sell Impossible, Beyond Burgers without telling customers they’re meat free

Heather Haddon, Sarah Needleman | 
How do you get die-hard meat eaters to try a plant-based burger? You trick them. The rise of meatless meat ...
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Podcast: How food bullying spreads unjustified fears about GMOs, animal welfare and food safety

Kevin Folta, Michele Payn | 
We've heard a lot in recent years about the harmful impacts of bullying, especially cyber-bullying aimed at children. But rarely ...
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New investment rules would limit shareholder advocacy attempts to influence company stance on GMOs, climate change

Ganesh Setty | 
The U.S. Security and Exchange Commission formally proposed a new rule on [November 6] that could make it harder for ...
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77% of Generation Z willing to eat CRISPR, GMO-derived foods, new report shows

Cathy Siegner | 
Members of Generation Z — those born between 1995 and 2010 — are the most willing to try foods produced ...
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Podcast: CRISPR might save the banana from deadly disease. Will consumers get behind the technology?

Dan Koeppel, Evan Kleiman | 
Cavendish bananas seem to be abundant in grocery stores, but a fungus has been threatening its existence for years, and ...
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Fifth US retailer announces plan to ‘phase out’ neonic pesticides from supply chain

Tim Sandle | 
Another food retailer has announced a plan to minimize its use of pesticides in a bid to help protect pollinators, ...
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Viewpoint: World must embrace CRISPR, synthetic biology to boost food production in the face of climate change

Joan Conrow | 
New breeding technologies may hold the key to preventing a global “push into poverty.” ...
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USDA bioengineered food labels may discourage shoppers from buying GMO-derived foods, study shows

Blaine Friedlander | 
Consumers were more willing to buy unlabeled produce after being shown food tagged as “genetically modified” in a new Cornell ...
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Why the public’s limited understanding of science makes horror movies so terrifying

Jeanne Dorin McDowell | 
In a memorable scene from the 1931 horror classic Frankenstein, Dr. Frankenstein stands over his sentient monster, a beast he created from ...
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Food scientist Marion Nestle: Meat industry hires ‘zombie’ lobbyist group to attack Beyond, Impossible Burgers

Marion Nestle | 
Just in time for Halloween, the zombie is back. I can hardly believe that the deeply discredited Center for Consumer ...
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