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Silent majority? Most Americans may embrace biotech, but vocal anti-GMO minority dominates the conversation

[Citrus greening disease] is threatening to topple the multibillion-dollar citrus industry in the U.S. by infecting millions of acres of ...
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Talking Biotech: How AAAS, world’s largest science organization, promoted ‘data-less conspiracy’ linking glyphosate to kidney disease

Kevin Folta | 
There is no evidence that glyphosate causes kidney disease. Why does the AAAS say otherwise? ...
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Viewpoint: Why the USDA’s new ‘GMO label’ is meaningless

Marc Brazeau | 
A meaningless label you want, a meaningless label you shall have ...
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Many people are confused and concerned about human gene editing. They might just need a ‘better understanding’ of how it works

Ricki Lewis | 
Genome editing has struck a public nerve in a more profound way than most new medical technologies ...
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Cattle industry fights to preserve ‘meat’ label as plant-based meat-like products proliferate

Nathanael Johnson | 
The cattle ranchers and farm bureaus of America are not going to give up their hold on the word meat ...
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Scientists battle for consumer approval as crop gene-editing revolution advances

Clive Cookson, Emiko Terazono | 
Genome, or gene, editing is regarded by scientists as the biggest technical advance in bioscience since “recombinant DNA” technology — ...
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Viewpoint: A closer look at Friends of the Earth’s study that found ‘toxic’ pesticides in food

Hank Campbell | 
Friends of the Earth....teased us in a media kit with the promise of a science study about finding various weedkillers ...
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Plant scientists: Anti-GMO activism has warped the public’s understanding of biotechnology

Bryan Delaney, Nicholas Storer, Rod Herman | 
Public perception  of genetically engineered (GE) crops is being manipulated by organizations that purport to represent the interests of consumers ...
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Is the anti-GMO movement following PETA’s animal rights activist playbook?

Michelle Miller | 
From drenching fields in chemicals to factory farming, there is so much misinformation out there about what happens on today’s ...
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Nonprofit farmer coalition launches chocolate brand Ethos hyping GMO ingredients to ‘demystify’ biotechnology

Dave Fusaro | 
What claims to be the first pro-GMO chocolate....was launched in February by A Fresh Look, a nonprofit coalition of some ...
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Viewpoint: Bernie Sanders’ views on alternative medicine and GMOs highlight troubling embrace of pseudoscience

At 76 years old many assumed that 2016 would be the last time Bernie Sanders would run for office. The ...
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Confused about the USDA’s bioengineered food labels? Here’s everything you need to know

In December 2018, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) finalized the standards for mandatory “GMO” labeling by releasing the ...
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Viewpoint: Why we must be wary of grandiose claims about a low-cost, universal cancer cure

Henry Miller | 
An Israeli company claims they will likely perfect a cure for all cancer in the next year. There are many ...
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Viewpoint: Michelob’s ‘Pure Gold’ organic beer won’t preserve your health or the environment

Amanda Zaluckyj | 
Beer companies often use sex to sell their beers, but Michelob Ultra is reinventing the beer commercial by advertising something ...
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‘Good enough to eat?’ Australian plant scientist battles ‘fake news’ about GMOs with new book

Scientists must speak out about the benefits of new genetic technologies such as genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and gene editing, ...
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AAAS fiasco just got messier—After member revolt, data-less news release linking glyphosate to kidney disease pulled, Freedom and Responsibility award will not be presented, for now

Alex Berezow | 
Editor's note: After this blog was posted, on February 6, the American Association for the Advancement of Science tweeted that ...
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Viewpoint: USDA’s bioengineered food rules will confuse consumers and could cost $200 million per year

Drew Kershen, Henry Miller | 
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has created what may be the most bewildering, least cost-effective regulation ever. In July 2016, ...
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Non-GMO vegetable seeds? Capitalizing on consumer fears to sell overpriced seeds

Steve Bender | 
Niki Jabbour....recently shook a hornet’s nest. The talented gardener, book author, and radio host said on Facebook that she’d been ...
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Consumer-focused biotech crops are here—but will the public embrace them?

It may sound like yet another gluten-free food start-up....but Crispr is a new molecular system that scientists can use to manipulate DNA ...
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Viewpoint: New York Times’ mixed record on science literacy—botched reporting on GMOs and chemicals while challenging anti-vaxxers

Alex Berezow | 
The New York Times has done something that it very rarely does: It wrote an editorial in support of biotechnology. The piece, ...
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Viewpoint: No, Whole Foods Magazine, there’s no plot to sneak GMOs into our food

Alex Berezow | 
....Last week, Whole Foods Magazine (yes, that's a thing) published an article written by a lawyer, Scott C. Tips, about an evil plan to ...
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Viewpoint: Cancer rates are falling, but ‘our work is not done’

Jamie Wells | 
While it can be tempting to celebrate cancer rate decline, it's important to see that cancer outcomes correlate with an ...
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If you want consumers to embrace biotech, take their concerns about GMOs seriously, plant scientist says

Michael Short | 
As people become more conscious about the food they put on the table, farmers are having to deal with a ...
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Viewpoint: The ‘Dangerous Idea’ of group differences is latest iteration of ‘left wing hysteria’ attack on evolutionary biology

Toby Young | 
Defending the veracity of racial biological differences are often, incorrectly, deemed to be justifications of social inequality ...
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What does ‘natural’ mean? New study probes consumers’ nuanced and inconsistent views on healthy food labels

Jayson Lusk | 
In mid-December 2018, a nationwide survey of over 1,200 U.S. food shoppers was conducted to determine beliefs and preferences related ...
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Indiana state lawmaker introduces lab-grown meat labeling bill, citing need for food transparency

David Williams | 
[Indiana] Rep. Terry Goodin, a Democrat from Austin, said he believes if someone grows meat in a laboratory petri dish, they ...
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In pursuit of higher profits, some US soybean farmers abandon GMO crops

Jeremy Hill, Shruti Singh | 
For the first time in 15 years, Illinois farmer Steve Ruh will plant only old-school soybean seeds to boost profit ...
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