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Ohio governor candidate Dennis Kucinich got $120,000 from anti-GMO group
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Dennis Kucinich received $122,000 in consulting fees in 2016 from a group that works for food sustainability ...
Viewpoint: Why is the Guardian publishing anti-GMO activist Carey Gillam’s glyphosate lies?
Carey Gillam is an anti-GMO activist who once wrote for Reuters, but no longer does. An e-mail obtained from a FOIA ...
Can governments, public keep up with gene-editing revolution in agriculture?
A mushroom that doesn't brown. White flour with as much fiber as whole-wheat flour. Corn that can fend off northern ...
USDA might not meet July deadline for GMO labeling rule, Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue says
Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue told representatives from the National Association of Farm Broadcasting [April 24] that his agency may not ...
Viewpoint: David Suzuki’s views on GMOs ‘well outside the scientific mainstream’
Mr. Suzuki is known by most as a twinkly-eyed old sage with a harmless message about living in tune with ...
What’s behind public’s fear of glyphosate?
As cases in federal court and several state courts delve into whether there is evidence that glyphosate causes cancer, a ...
Developing countries slowly embrace GMO crops to fight food insecurity, climate change
Developing countries are slowly increasing approved legislation and opening the door to research and commercialization of GMO crops. As these countries ...
Viewpoint: Brazil GMO label shows need to balance transparency and science
Since 2003, Brazilian law has required all consumer products containing genetically modified material to carry a scary-looking label that depicts ...
How does the science of Rachel Carson’s ‘Silent Spring’ stand up more than 50 years later?
Carson’s detractors accuse her of misrepresenting the science. Wrong: Carson wrote that pesticides and herbicides disorder ecosystems because they kill ...
Geneticist Alison Van Eenennaam: ‘I’m not going to let the fearmongers dominate the conversation’ on CRISPR gene-edited food
Animal geneticist Alison Van Eenennaam has six calves that are rather unusual. Most people might not pick up on what’s ...
Viewpoint: Amazon should abandon Whole Foods’ fear-based non-GMO marketing
Amazon’s recent acquisition of Whole Foods has brought immediate changes to the Texas-based grocery chain, such as lower prices and ...
Insect-resistant GMO corn could help fend off fall armyworm invasion in Ghana, scientists say
Mr Eric Amaning Okoree, Chief Executive Officer, National Biosafety Authority (NBA) says genetically modified (GM) crops have a high potential ...
Organic foods have less pesticide residue—but that doesn’t necessarily mean they’re healthier
The available evidence supports consumers’ belief that organic food production and consumption result in lower pesticide exposure, are more environmentally ...
1 in 3 people in England incorrectly believe GMO food causes cancer
In a survey of 1,330 people in England, published in the European Journal of Cancer, most people correctly said smoking was ...
Why do farmers use GMOs and pesticides?
Chemicals changed the course of agriculture. They became available. Then they became affordable. And then they started to keep their ...
Viewpoint: Mandatory GMO labeling counterproductive and based on pseudoscience
More and more, scientific literacy is a critical virtue we should demand of our politicians. Yet questions about important scientific ...
‘Gene Revolution’: How genetic engineering is making food and medicine cheaper, better and more plentiful
Mankind has been improving plants and animals for millennia. Simply by selecting and breeding those they liked best, our ancestors ...
Viewpoint: Pesticide soaked strawberries? Why you shouldn’t pay attention to Environmental Working Group’s ‘fear-mongering’
It’s springtime which means it is time for the Environmental Working Group (EWG) to send the media into a frenzy ...
Why the FDA and USDA can’t agree on the definition of a GMO
The regulatory concerns about genetic modification of animals that I wrote about a while ago have moved towards a Congressional spotlight. Pigs ...
Viewpoint: How dairy companies like Stonyfield Organic mislead consumers about GMOs
A typical stroll down the grocery store aisle exposes the shopper to almost 40,000 different products. While most have labels ...
Viewpoint: Despite small percentage of sales, organic food is now ‘mainstream’ in the US
[O]rganic is mainstream in America in every way except as a significant percentage of total US annual grocery sales. According ...
Viewpoint: Why consumers should reconsider ‘blanket opposition’ to GMO crops
It’s human nature, it seems, to resist change and fear the unknown. So it is no surprise that genetic engineering ...
Viewpoint: Gene editing could unleash next Green Revolution, but ‘GMO fearmongers’ need to be convinced
The GMO fearmongers are able to take to Twitter and Facebook now because, like all of us, they have benefited ...
Viewpoint: The government can’t decide what a GMO is—so how is it going to require mandatory labeling?
If the food industry and government cannot come to a consensus about what is a GMO and what isn’t, labeling ...
New York farmers disagree on GMO crops
It seems like something out of science fiction — taking the DNA of one organism and replacing it with part ...
Viewpoint: Friends of the Earth ignores organic pesticides harmful to bees
Friends of the Earth Canada is calling on Ontario Minister of the Environment Chris Ballard to investigate the sale of ...
California court rejects challenge of state’s decision to label glyphosate herbicide as possible carcinogen
A state appeals court on [April 19] backed California’s listing of the widely used herbicide glyphosate as a possible cause ...
