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EU Food safety officials reject activist group Testbiotech’s challenge of glyphosate-tolerant GMO soy approval
Following a request of the European Commission, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) reviewed the scientific arguments raised by the ...
Bangladesh will mandate GMO labeling to quell consumer ‘distrust’ of crop biotechnology
Bangladesh Food Safety Authority (BFSA) is planning on making declaration of genetically-modified (GM) [crops] in food products mandatory, said its ...
Gene drives could revolutionize how we deal with pests—if the technology avoids the controversial fate of GMOs
In addition to research and laboratory ethics, gene drive proponents need to focus on public perception ...
GMO labeling manifesto: Probiotic company ZBiotics explains why it proudly displays the new USDA ‘Biogineered’ icon
Genetically modified organisms are commonplace, and are already present in many of the foods we eat — often, though not ...
African science literacy: Ugandan teachers are being trained in agricultural biotechnology
In a bid to popularize technology in local schools, the Uganda Biosciences Information Center (UBIC) has begun training teachers and ...
Viewpoint: Europe’s paranoid fear of chemicals fueled by disinterest in learning
In a season of resolutions, a site like [European Scientist] has one hope: that the 2020s will be the decade ...
Viewpoint: How Europe’s risk aversion has turned the continent into an agricultural backwater
With tariffs announced against Brazil and Argentina, and a threat against France, Donald Trump is dragging the world deeper into ...
Examining our history of advertising for OxyContin and other opioids: Have we learned enough about the dangers of addiction?
Recent advertising for opioid drugs has taken a strange turn ...
Viewpoint: European environmental activists scaremonger against agricultural science, manipulating media and politicians
Whether we are talking about genetic engineering or glyphosate, scaremongering threatens our prosperity. Three-quarters of the Swiss are afraid of ...
Public views pesticides as ‘bad industrial chemicals’. Here’s how farmers can turn that fear into support for sustainable farming
The online conversation around pesticides is expected to explode by 212 percent over the next two years, despite the fact ...
Impossible Foods touts eco-benefits of its GMO plant-based burger to win over skeptical consumers
Impossible Foods has claimed a spot on the menus of fast-food chains like Restaurant Brands International’s Burger King and White ...
Viewpoint: How the rural-urban divide helps ‘anti-farming groups’ spread myths about agriculture
Farmers are arguably the best environmental stewards we have in our economy .... With livestock, it makes little sense to ...
Podcast: ‘There’s no safe level of pesticides’? ‘Don’t eat what you can’t pronounce’? Food Science Babe takes on popular nutrition tropes
“Don’t eat what you can’t pronounce… Synthetic chemicals are more dangerous than natural chemicals… Chemicals in food are killing us… ...
Time to regulate plant-based meat labels? Fewer than half of consumers know vegan ‘beef’ is animal free, survey shows
Fewer than half of consumers understand that "plant-based beef" is entirely vegan, according to a study from the National Cattlemen's ...
Consumers who reject CRISPR fear that gene-edited crops cause allergies and only benefit food companies, survey shows
Recent gene editing technologies advances, such as CRISPR/Cas9, will continue to shape the future of agriculture and genetically engineered crops ...
Brain chemicals fight for the status quo—that’s why it’s so hard to change people’s minds even when the science consensus is overwhelming
Why do people refuse to change their views when confronted with scientific consensus? Research is starting to show us how ...
Non GMO salt? Gluten free orange juice? No hormone-added chicken? Study suggests many consumers willingly overpay even when they learn food label claims are bogus
Previous studies, as well as market sales data, show some consumers are willing to pay a premium for redundant or ...
Once ‘misinformed and misled’ about GMOs, Ugandan farmers eager to grow disease-resistant cassava
Farmers from five districts in the West Nile region in North Western Uganda are upbeat about the prospect of growing ...
Video: Impossible Foods hits back at Super Bowl ad alleging plant-based beef contains laxative
The Center for Consumer Freedom ran a Super Bowl commercial alleging that plant-based meat alternatives are not as healthy as ...
Former holistic nutritionist explains why she demonized GMOs—and how science changed her mind
For years, I was deeply embedded in the wellness world in my own life. Then I decided to work in ...
Consumer curiosity fuels popularity of GMO Impossible Burger and other plant-based meats, survey shows
The top reason why consumers decided to eat plant-based meat alternatives is because they like to try new foods, according ...
Viewpoint: Confronting coronavirus outbreak requires us to cope with our own ‘paralyzing’ fears
Fear is a primal emotion, and to pretend that the medical staff are any less susceptible than the general public ...
Viewpoint: Mandatory gene-edited food labels would ease consumer fear of CRISPR
The food industry’s last venture into genetic engineering, more than 30 years ago, was a commercial success for agriculture ...
41% of Americans have had plant-based meat, survey shows, and most will keep eating it
Forty-one percent of Americans report having personally tried a plant-based meat, with age being the biggest factor in whether they ...
Kellogg’s to cut wheat, oats treated with Bayer’s Roundup herbicide from supply chain by 2025
Kellogg’s, the multinational food manufacturer based in Battle Creek, Mich., is taking a stand. But very quietly. At the end ...
Gwyneth Paltrow’s Goop: Is she trolling us while ‘laughing all the way to the bank?’
[Gwyneth Paltrow's] Goop first gained notoriety in 2015 when it encouraged women to "steam clean" their vaginas (you already know ...
US Senate coalition petitions FDA to end marketing of plant-based ‘imposter products’ as dairy
A bipartisan group of senators is calling on the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to end the labeling of plant-based ...
