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Are ‘healthy’ substitutes worth the extra cost? Here’s why you shouldn’t fall for low-carb, whole-wheat, all-natural labels at the grocery store
A new survey says lots of people opt for 'healthier' substitutes like chicken instead of beef and vanilla-flavored plant juice instead ...
Kenyan scientists dismiss claims by anti-biotechnology activists that GMOs can make men grow breasts
Veteran journalist Macharia Gaitho, who spoke on behalf of the media fraternity, observed that a constant narrative blames the Kenyan ...
Viewpoint: How to restore public trust and regulatory fairness in the face of aggressive, coordinated disinformation efforts by anti-technology environmental activists
During my lifetime, Western societies have enjoyed innovations that have immensely improved public health and the quality of life as ...
Should University Agricultural Research Scientists Partner With Industry?
Studies show research on GE crops is not significantly influenced by conflicts of Interest. However, it is important to remain ...
Africa’s anti-GMO activists spread myths and fear but do not provide any scientific evidence
Since Genetically Modified Organisms were introduced in Africa, they have faced misconceptions and myths surrounding their safety, environmental impact, and benefits ...
Viewpoint: Anti-agrobiotech activists claim European farmers who support relaxing the EU’s de facto ban on cultivating GMO and gene-edited crops are dupes of Big Ag. Here are the facts
Staunch opponents of the agricultural biotechnology revolution spin a narrative that large agribusiness have strong-armed governments to approve genetically modified ...
Viewpoint: ‘Acupuncture pseudoscience’ — Washington Post propagates alternative medicine
Pseudoscience, how to exploit the vulnerabilities in evidence-based medicine, and how effective propaganda can be, even against professionals ...
Head of premier biotechnology research institute assures Kenyans genetically modified crops are safe, pose no danger to their health
I conducted some random research on the acceptability of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) in Kenya. I called some farmers I know ...
GLP podcast and video: PFAS bans could do more harm than good; Risks and benefits of ‘magic mushrooms’; ‘Ultra-processed’ foods are nutritious
There are growing calls to ban PFAS chemicals to protect public health. The problem is, these substances are used in ...
Africa faces the world’s largest food and hunger crisis. Why then are Africans so skeptical of genetically modified crops that could produce more and healthier food
Hunger and undernourishment are two elements of food insecurity that have plagued Africa for years. And the menace is growing ...
Is the Oppenheimer movie accurate? Expert breaks down science of box office hit
Oppenheimer won’t bomb in the box office, but despite its director’s best efforts, the science in the film is a ...
Viewpoint: We still don’t know where COVID truly came from. Should we be concerned?
Ongoing mystery: We still don’t know how the pandemic started. Here's what we do know — and why it matters ...
China challenges anti-GMO disinformation that floods the internet
A host of experts and officials have recently defended the safety of genetically modified food, as China seeks to bolster ...
Viewpoint: Pesticides in strawberries? Environmental Working Group scares people about safe produce but ignores chemicals applied by their organic mega donors
Environmental Working Group, the Extinction Rebellion of affordable produce, is always in a war on strawberries - unless they only ...
Two decades of propaganda from Kenyan activists threaten to undermine country’s embrace of sustainable agro-biotechnology
Across the country, people have formed a negative attitude towards genetically modified organisms (GMO) based on unfounded claims that have ...
Meet the beetles: Mealworms could be a food of the future
I have a special fondness for the yellow mealworm, Tenebrio molitor. As a child, I fed the mealworm stage of ...
How European Union restrictions fueled anti-GMO voices and hunger in Global South, and mainly Africa
The year was 2002, and extreme hunger in Africa threatened over 15 million people ...
Viewpoint: Propaganda ring blurs science and feeds ‘toxic tort’ industry targeting Roundup and aspartame
The World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) cherry picks evidence, declares something is likely, probably, or ...
GLP podcast and video: Dunning-Kruger debunked? The evil industry, noble activist myth; The real Vandana Shiva
The less informed someone is about a topic, the more likely they are to overestimate their knowledge of it. This ...
Youth voices: Do Kenya’s young people have the correct information on genetically modified organisms?
Genetically modified organisms. Mention those three words to young Kenyans and see how opinions will be divided. This is because ...
Viewpoint: Sustainable, natural, chemical, toxic — Words used by activists to label agriculture can distort science and turn the public against sensible farming
Reality is perceived by the definitions we give; the black and white lines we draw upon a grey canvas. So, ...
97% of bioengineered crops are soybean, yellow corn, cotton and canola. Can science break the ‘social panic’ that has limited this breakthrough technology?
As of 2019, 84 percent of all GMO crop acres were in just four western hemisphere countries (the United States, ...
7,000+ rare diseases remain untreatable. The genetic revolution and federal research funding offers hope for cures, but vaccine hesitancy and a lack of newborn screening pose hurdles
There are an estimated 7,000 known rare diseases affecting 30 million people; for 95% of them, there are no treatment ...
Challenging food protectionism: Understanding what’s stifling precision fermentation and cellular agriculture movements
“There is an enormously bright future for precision fermentation and cellular agriculture; the efficiencies alone make that true,” Bill Liao, ...
GLP podcast and video: How marriage impacted human evolution; ‘Tech bros’ back RFK, Jr. for president; Ban milk to slow climate change?
Marriage is a major milestone for many people, but how has the institution influenced human evolution? A growing list of ...
Viewpoint: 5 lies Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has spread about vaccines, healthcare and more
A longtime vaccine skeptic, Mr. Kennedy is leaning heavily on misinformation as he mounts a long-shot 2024 campaign ...
Characterizations of indigenous people as ‘savages’ and ‘monkeys’ permeate pop culture
Systemic racism and sexism have permeated civilization since the rise of agriculture, when people started living in one place for a long ...