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Japanese journalist explains why he flipped from anti-GMO campaigner to embracing agricultural biotechnology revolution
Masami Kojima, a reporter for the Mainichi Shimbun... initially took a negative position on GM crops, but now he is ...
Organic farming is both yield intense and more sustainable? BBC bungles revision of pro-organic ‘propaganda’ aimed at school children
Despite an investigation by BBC’s rural affairs broadcaster Tom Heap, the network continues to peddle fact-challenged study guides promoting organic ...
Part II: How COVID upended the taboo on limiting constructive discussion about human biodiversity
The coronavirus crisis has brought to light the societal downside of ignoring patterned, population-based differences. Consider the latest research findings ...
Genetic data used to screen for diseases are disproportionately white. That imbalance needs fixing
Would you like to benefit from the massive, game-changing, groundbreaking genomic revolution, already well underway? If you’re white, you’re in ...
Social reckoning? Do we need cathartic nationwide acknowledgement of COVID’s horrific death and injury toll?
On May 24, 2020, as the United States passed 100,000 recorded deaths, The New York Times filled its front page ...
Psychedelics as therapeutics? Here is the rarely discussed downside
Psychedelics are generally safe drugs: The “classic” psychedelics, like psilocybin or LSD, have been shown to be low risk for ...
Anti-evolution state legislation has a notorious history – and it continues today
In a famous 1958 address commemorating the hundredth anniversary of the publication of Charles Darwin’s and Alfred Russel Wallace’s essays ...
The COVID myth that refuses to die — No, none of the coronavirus vaccines alters your brain DNA
As repetitive as I have been with respect to this, there is nothing new under the sun when it comes ...
GLP Podcast: Illegal GMOs in India; Anti-aging myths; Can social media ‘brainwash’ us?
Farmers in India are growing illegal GE eggplant in hopes of overturning the country's ban on the insect-resistant crop. Anti-aging ...
Reassessing what the US did right and wrong in managing the pandemic
As the nation exhales at the sight of descending curves of Covid-19 infections and deaths, top global health experts assessed ...
Brazilian researcher exposes ‘magical thinking’ of agroecology advocates and GMO opponents
When I did field research to understand the reasons why rural workers preferred to plant GM soy (year 2003), the ...
Viewpoint: How Consumer Reports offers up a dish of bad and biased advice about what we should eat, and why
Consumer Reports (CR) promotes itself as an unbiased source of a wide variety of product ratings. It also publishes Should ...
Part I: Viewpoint—Many people believe ‘human biodiversity’ is alt-right code for embracing racism. Here’s why they are dangerously wrong
Why do some people equate the phrase “human biodiversity” with racism? And what does it really mean? HBD, as its ...
Free genetic tests? Beware of telemarketer scams promising that Medicare will pay for health screens
Medicare beneficiaries are being targeted by unscrupulous telemarketers, door-to-door salesmen, and seemingly helpful people manning the booth at a local ...
Viewpoint: Food advocate makes plea for increased commitment to agroecology
To truly understand the dynamism of food systems and catalyze meaningful change, diverse forms of evidence, knowledge and expertise, including ...
Is organic food healthier or just a lifestyle buzzword? A nutritionist weighs in
“Organic” has become a buzzword, and these products are marketed as a healthier alternative to conventional options. An important question ...
Many people equate COVID with flu. Here’s why it’s more like smoking
It’s suddenly become acceptable to say that COVID is—or will soon be—like the flu. Such analogies have long been the ...
Viewpoint: Dissecting anti-science smears — Center for Media and Democracy spreads disinformation about food and science communication
At a time when democracy is threatened by a number of sources and media is a potent remedy or problem, ...
Viewpoint: Why is Neil Young portrayed as a hero for challenging Joe Rogan’s anti-vax rants while promoting crop biotechnology disinformation himself?
Neil Young doesn’t make the kind of music I enjoy. Instead I was familiar with his name because he was ...
GLP Podcast: Loneliness causes dementia? Parkinson’s-fighting GM tomatoes; ‘Sovietizing’ science
Loneliness could drastically boost your risk of developing dementia. Genetically engineered tomatoes may be our first line of defense against ...
On the path to a universal COVID vaccine
Is chasing the latest variant a viable strategy? Instead of testing and potentially deploying a new shot when a new ...
Viewpoint: Despite organic farming’s massive failures and extensive fraud, many people still think the ‘miracle of smaller yields’ will save the planet
Numerous headlines lately described a frightening scenario: during a global pandemic, the food security of Sri Lanka was put at ...
Genetics has come a long way since Gregor Mendel mapped inheritance using peas: Deconstructing the muddle of genetics and inheritance
The year was 1900. Three European botanists — one Dutch, one German and one Austrian — all reported results from ...
Viewpoint — Prince Charles’ ongoing rejection of GM, biotechnology-inspired crop advances is the latest example of celebrity disinformation on science
There are relatively few people in the world who possess sufficient gravitas that the media are prepared to publicize their ...
Viewpoint: How organic labeling and marketing undermines efforts to reduce carbon emissions and improve farming sustainablity
Officially, the Environmental Protection Agency defines organic food as: “Food grown and processed using no synthetic fertilizer or pesticides.” Products emblazoned with ...
Viewpoint: Manufacturing misinformation — How the Environmental Working Group spreads false facts about pesticide dangers
Ventura County farmers farm food, the Environmental Working Group farms clicks. Unfortunately, the Ventura County Star has elevated misinformation about ...
Black Americans are under-represented in genetic studies. Here’s why that’s an issue — and what’s being done to address it
The overwhelming majority of genetic data is from people of European ancestry. As of early January, nearly 96 percent of ...