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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 ...
$6.2 billion: That’s how much will soon be spent each year to test seeds and food for signs of genetic modification
According to a new report published by Allied Market Research, titled, “GMO Testing Market," The GMO Testing Market Size was ...
Podcast: RFK Jr’s appearance on Joe Rogan podcast spreads dangerous misinformation about glyphosate, vaccines, cellphones and more
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is recognized for his bad science around critical issues like vaccination and agricultural chemistry. Recently he ...
Viewpoint: ‘Think globally, act locally’? It’s a buzzy environmentalist catchphrase, but it may not be the best way to address climate change and conservation challenges
Few bumper stickers have made as large of an impression as “Think Globally, Act Locally.” Plastered on the back of ...
Viewpoint: OMG, humans might suffer convulsions from consuming parts-per-trillion of glyphosate? Here’s how wild headlines advance the ideological agenda of science-rejecting advocacy groups
Scrolling through the news has become a game of “What Great Horror Did Glyphosate Wreak This Week?” And the latest ...
Viewpoint: What will it take for India to follow path blazed by so many developing countries and embrace GM crops?
One of the most powerful strategies to practise eco-friendly and sustainable agriculture is to develop and cultivate genetically modified (GM) ...
‘He spreads dangerous misinformation’: Kennedy Family condemns presidential candidate RFK Jr’s anti-vaccine rhetoric
Apparently, those of us who don’t think much of RFK Jr.’s ignorance about vaccines and pseudoscience often wondered if the rest of ...
Is MSG a ‘silent killer lurking in your kitchen cabinet’? Debunking Joe Mercola’s hysterical ‘MSG can harm you’ myth
MSG has been used as a flavor enhancer for several thousand years. It is one of the key components of ...
Viewpoint: ‘We should acknowledge that there are faith-based myths running deep in science’s canon’
Science has fundamental limitations as a way of knowing and is not the only method of approaching the unattainable truth ...
Viewpoint: Queen of Green Social Justice or Reckless Green-Revolution Rejectionist — Who is the real Vandana Shiva?
Indian activist Vandana Shiva opposes the tools and practices of modern agriculture and science and advocates regressive policies that cause ...
Viewpoint: Battling RFK, Jr.’s misinformation machine — ‘What good is a fact check from news organizations with a record of promoting ideology over truth?’
Longtime amplifier and propagator of baseless theories, beginning nearly two decades ago with his skepticism: Robert F. Kennedy Jr ...
Fact checking lab-grown meat rejectionists: No, animal cells used to make cultivated meat do not cause cancer
Meat grown in labs is made using cells taken from animals, but those cells are not cancerous and there are many ...
Web of Disinformation: How environmentalists conspire with tort lawyers, RFK, Jr. and the Church of Scientology to deceive the public, manipulate the media and fill their coffers
Is aspartame, used in thousands of products, from Diet Coke to Trident Gum to Log Cabin Sugar-Free Syrup, potentially cancer-causing? ...
Here are the real reasons why Greenpeace rejects genetically engineered crops even when they are more sustainable
Greenpeace was very positive about green genetic engineering in the 1980s because the environmental organization saw it as an opportunity ...
Viewpoint: Why food labels like ‘organic’ and ‘GMO’ are misleading and why labeling regulation reform is necessary
As biotechnology advances, consumers face a myriad of new ingredients and labels to parse through at the supermarket. These labels, ...
