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Viewpoint: ‘A book is not judged by whether it was written by a typewriter, pen or computer’ — Italian farmer and policy wonk on why Europe needs sensible gene-edited crop regulations
Agriculture today is facing very serious challenges for which new tools are needed. The planet's population is increasing while arable land ...
Precautionary Politics: Europe Moves Backward into a Fear-Based ‘Dark Ages’ in Regulating Agriculture and Cancer Risks
David Zaruk, Founder of GreenFacts, Environmental-Health Risk Governance Analyst, Professor at Odisee University College | July 25, 2018 Highlights: The ...
Understanding why people reject science could lead to solutions for rebuilding trust
Why are so many people anti-science? As experts on attitudes, persuasion and how humans are impacted by scientific innovations, our ...
Getting over GMO food fears: Inside Japan’s slow but progressive march towards embracing genetic modification
Japan has been conducting studies on GM food crops including soybeans and rapeseed since 2006, and the latest 2020/2021 report ...
Viewpoint: Europe’s ‘Green’ activists wield McCarthy-era tactics by promoting ideology over science, undermining the push for sustainable food
Calls for realistic and workable regulation of “new genomic techniques” (NGT or new breeding techniques, “NBT”) for plant breeding cannot be heard. Those ...
Organic vs natural: How food grown from genetically engineered seeds can address growing consumer expectations
What is a ‘natural’ food product? Depending on who you ask you’ll likely receive a different answer. As regulators, processors, manufactures ...
Viewpoint: Part 2 — ‘Superstitious and medieval’ GMO beliefs inform New Zealand gene editing regulations, keeping country’s ‘predator-free’ goal out of reach
Amid fears of unintended consequences, the idea of unleashing gene tech on pests ravaging our native wildlife has unsurprisingly found ...
Viewpoint: Exploiting children to promote anti-science ideology — Activists peddle overwrought claims that kids are endangered by crop pesticides
As a new dad, there's no one I love more than my son. I want to protect him from danger, ...
Viewpoint: EWG’s Dirty Dozen scares parents away from buying fresh produce. Here’s why you should keep serving your kids grapes, guilt-free
Grapes, strawberries, apples, and peppers make their way into carts and baskets all over the country as parents give themselves ...
Video: Kenyan crop geneticist examines myths and truths behind country’s decision to end ban on GM seeds and foods
The Kenyan government banned the importation and growing of GMO crops and products following a 2012 study by Prof Gilles-Eric Seralini of ...
Podcast: ‘Botched’ nutrition reporting; Alcohol abstinence boosts brain health; What causes acne?
Reporters continue to exaggerate the results of low-quality nutrition studies. Their desire to attract readers with dramatic headlines may be ...
Viewpoint: ‘Pro-science lobby’? Europe’s continued failure to keep up with crop biotechnology innovation suggests a new approach is needed
In a recent Politico Brussels debate on the future of new plant breeding technologies within the EU’s Farm2Fork strategy, a ...
Viewpoint: ‘Environmentalists are wrong on technological tweaks to agriculture’: How activists undermine their credibility — and society’s need for more climate-adaptive sustainable farming
Public concern about the environment has not always been part of the social conscience in North America. After all, European ...
Viewpoint: For agricultural biotech to flourish in Africa, food security must be balanced with preserving social traditions
In the Global North, the birthplace of these technologies, opposition has centred around the many unknowns about the safety, health ...
Viewpoint: ‘Regenerative’ is replacing ‘organic’ as the latest green farming fad. Here’s why the reality falls far short of the hype
Politicians have a complicated relationship with science. When they think the evidence comports with their political goals, they love scientists ...
‘Public wasn’t consulted’? Kenya lifts decade-old ban on GMO crops challenged by Greenpeace, other activist groups
Food security, consumer rights and biodiversity groups are protesting Kenya’s reversal of a ban on genetically modified foods, saying the public wasn’t ...
Viewpoint: COVID misinformation inspires sense of ‘deja vu’ for survivors of HIV/AIDS crisis
Since health officials confirmed the first COVID-19 cases, misinformation has spread just as quickly as the virus ...
Why some people resist taking potentially life-saving genetic tests for breast cancer
The past decade has witnessed a rapid expansion of genetic tests, including new instruments to inform patients who have been ...
Viewpoint: Can we trust corporate ‘regenerative farming’ pledges?
People latch onto words and then casually throw them around like they know what it means. The most common — ...
Viewpoint: Ideology not science — Here’s why NBC News’ factually inaccurate reporting on the ‘dangers’ of the weedkiller glyphosate sets a dangerous precedent
What happens when an online information resource leans into clickbait? It’s annoying but generally harmless entertainment. When it’s a resource ...
University scientist challenges UN’s IARC to embrace current science by evaluating chemicals using ‘risk’ not just ‘hazard’ standards
The latest International Association for Research on Cancer (IARC) Monograph Program report on cancer hazards associated with firefighting work, which ...
Fact check: Associated Press debunks social media claims that GMO corn can cause cancer
Social media users in recent days have falsely claimed genetically modified corn isn’t safe because it’s been found to cause ...
Viewpoint: King Charles’ resistance to crop biotechnology has been a royal pain. Can the former ‘Dunce of Wales’ shuck organic propaganda and embrace sustainable agriculture?
King Charles III has repeatedly demonstrated some of the pitfalls of the inbreeding that has plagued the royal families of ...
Viewpoint: How reporters regularly botch food nutrition studies
We've reached a point where you must assume everything the media says about nutrition is false. This is a drastic ...
Winning streak: After losing first 3 glyphosate-cancer cases, here’s how Bayer has convinced juries in 5 recent cases that the weedkiller is not harmful to humans
Bayer is on a winning streak as it battles the remaining cases targeting its Roundup weedkiller, a change after several ...
Video: Viewpoint — Is challenging obese people to lose weight fat shaming?
Has the body positivity movement gone too far? That's the question Dr. Phil posed to me and five other panelists ...
Viewpoint: European Greens defend organic policy, claim genetic engineering causes ‘uncontrollable, unintended and unsafe mutations’ in food — but this does not hold up to decades of evidence
A very dry summer alongside a low supply of fertilizer and energy spikes have created the perfect storm for the ...
