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‘Disinformation and misinformation played role in Sri Lanka’s food security collapse’: University study examines how pro-organic propaganda contributed to crop chemical ban
Sri Lanka's organic farming initiative during 2021–2022 serves as a stark example of how policy changes can lead to catastrophic ...
Glyphosate cancer warning rejected: US appeals court rebuffs California’s attempt to require label that conflicts with global consensus that the herbicide is safe as used
A U.S. appeals court recently ruled that California lacks the authority to enforce a regulation mandating cancer warnings on glyphosate, ...
How RFK, Jr.’s science disinformation machine rolls on despite so many debunking articles (like this one)
The presidential campaign of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is a reminder of the insidious imbalance of conspiracy theories: They are always ...
Viewpoint: GM crops already solving food insecurity — 37% less pesticides, 22% higher yields, and 68% greater earnings for farmers
Food insecurity and undernourishment are currently among the most serious anxieties for human health. As the world’s population goes on ...
Viewpoint: Perversity activism — How European anti-biotechnology NGOs end up promoting commodity-crop farming, consolidating the seed market and undermining sustainability
One of the most attractive advantages of NGTs is the low cost of entry for innovators. Labs in developing countries ...
Gene-editing primer: What’s the difference between CRISPR crops and GMOs?
GMOs and gene-edited crops are products of genetic engineering, but one is a GMO and the other is not. Why ...
GLP podcast/video: Elon killed Twitter? EWG’s latest pesticide scare; RFK, Jr. vs ‘Big Pharma’
Has Twitter (X) devolved into a misinformation cesspool? Once scientist says yes. The Environmental Working Group (EWG) claims schools near ...
Viewpoint: Activists shift tactics on glyphosate, attacking independent European science-oversight agencies that have unanimously found the herbicide safe
Glyphosate ate the world! Every single day another serious disease, from all types of cancer to Parkinson’s, is attributed to ...
Viewpoint: ‘Fear of captive agricultural markets beholden to global corporations is a non-issue if African nations develop their own GM crops’
As certain African nations have legalised genetically modified organisms (GMOs), primarily for food and crops, others like Rwanda have introduced ...
Viewpoint: ‘We need to fend off the sophistry and mendacity of anti-innovation, anti-biotechnology activists’ — Science must be evaluated in the light of tradeoffs
The adage “Follow the science” when formulating public policy has much to recommend it, but it’s not as straightforward as ...
Viewpoint: Sri Lanka 2.0? Misinformation on GM corn exacerbates Mexico-Canada-US trade dispute
Counseled by a cadre of discredited anti-biotechnology activists, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador now claims health and safety concerns ...
‘No woman has grown a beard because of GMOs’: Kenyan president William Ruto challenges hysteria claiming biotech crops cause health problems
“I haven’t grown breasts despite taking Genetically Modified food. No woman has grown beards because of consuming GMOs.” ...
From potential to progress: Latest developments in Golden Rice deployment in the Philippines
In the Philippines, about two million children under five are at risk of vision issues and weak immune systems. These ...
Viewpoint: Rejecting simplistic organic farming — Instead of worrying about which farming system is more ‘natural’, which is impossible to define, focus on sustainability
Back in 2004, Mendocino County in California hit the headlines after becoming the first county in the United States to vote ...
Headlines claim that almost half of all drinking water contains high-levels of ‘dangerous’ PFAS ‘forever chemicals’. What does the science say?
The headline “New Study Finds PFAS 'Forever Chemicals' in Drinking Water from 45% of Faucets Across US” led many news ...
Viewpoint: Debunking claims that polio vaccine causes cancer
Review the anti-vaccine claims about the polio vaccine and provide the science that shows that the polio vaccine is not ...
Africa needs collaboration, not harmonization to benefit from biotechnology transformation
Africa does not need to harmonize its biosafety laws before enjoying the benefits of the ongoing agricultural revolution powered by ...
Viewpoint: ‘So-called environmentalists can eat crow, transgenic corn proves a win for science and the public’
In 2020, storms caused an estimated $12 billion in damage, including in Iowa, where a giant amount of America's corn ...
GLP podcast/video: Many Americans still reject evolution; should we worry? Top-10 food myths, debunked; Farmers finally growing Golden Rice
The creation-evolution debate has fallen out of the spotlight in recent years, but many Americans still reject Darwin's theory. Should ...
Viewpoint: Dark money and tort-lawyer-funded Environmental Working Group (EWG) launches new campaign to scare public about ‘dangerous’ pesticide spraying near schools
On Nov. 2, the EWG (the same folks behind The Dirty Dozen) launched an interactive map created to demonstrate just how ...
Revising 10 fact-based perspectives on entrenched food myths: Gene editing is good, diet soda is fine, organics is not the answer
I’ve been trying to suss out true and false to the best of my inevitably human, imperfect ability, and for ...
Viewpoint: Why does the French public fully embrace gene editing to cure diseases, but remain wary of use in agriculture, where it could help fight hunger?
French opinion has an ambivalent relationship with scientific progress. Welcomed with enthusiasm in the field of human biology, it is, ...
Viewpoint: Activists falsely claim Bill Gates orchestrated flare-up in malaria cases so he can ‘cash in’ on eradicating it
The eight cases of locally transmitted malaria recently reported in the U.S. – the first in 20 years – have ...
Twitter/X’s race to the disinformation bottom: Are we losing a valuable forum for rational discussion?
While many users are fleeing Twitter/X in disgust at the turn it has taken toward encouraging the spread of conspiracy ...
Anti-chemical activists up in arms as European Union leans toward reauthorizing use of weedkiller glyphosate. Here’s the science EU should consider
Does the controversial weedkiller Roundup, made by Bayer and marketed in generic form by more than 30 companies as glyphosate, ...
Which is better to fight blindness — Golden Rice or Vitamin A supplement pills?
The story of Golden Rice did not begin last year, however, but more than 20 years ago with the idea ...
GLP podcast/video: ‘GMO’ probiotic may prevent hangovers; Surrogacy turns women into ‘children factories’? The case for drug patents
Biotech startup Zbiotics says its genetically engineered bacterium can reduce the risk of hangovers. Is there solid science behind the ...
