The number of messages I received from people, mostly parents, who said they had been terrified to feed their children ...
A lot has been said about the journal Pediatrics December 2023 Clinical Report on "Using GMOs on Children". The poor scholarship ...
Bad research in peer-reviewed journals is undermining the public's trust in science. What can experts do to stop the flow ...
Multiple science communicators and scientists have composed a letter to various universities and government organizations that have been linked to ...
If adopted in Rwanda, genetically modified crops such as irish potatoes that no longer require use of pesticides in treating ...
You know the rule about headlines – if there is a question in a headline the answer is almost always “no”. This ...
On February 15th, the litigation outfit known as Environmental Working Group, most famous for using public USDA data (although excluding pesticides from ...
The Environmental Working Group (EWG) and media outlets are trying to scare people away from demonstrably safe and nutritious conventional food products ...
In total, Bayer has paid more than $10 billion in settlements to those claiming that Roundup causes non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. There’s just one ...
The advocacy organization American Council on Science and Health, or ACSH has written extensively about the safety of conventionally grown ...
Nisin, a lantibiotic, is a preservative used in the production of foods including packaged meat such as sausages and dairy ...
Synthetic pesticides are under constant regulatory pressure, but not organic pesticides. “Green” renewables and EVs have very little regulatory scrutiny ...
State senators in Idaho have introduced new legislation that aims to limit chemical exposure and injury lawsuits filed against pesticide ...
Claims we may only have 60 harvests left appear to be hyperbole but the fact remains that our agricultural land ...
Brazilian researchers have created a sensor that can be attached to the skin of fruits and vegetables to check for harmful ...
Can marijuana make your workout better? Probably not, according to a recent study. Four science publications produce a large swath ...
The USDA has published the 2022 Pesticide Data Program Annual Summary, which shows that over 99% of the samples tested had ...
Three leading farmers have accused the RSPB of irresponsible scaremongering by claiming that a ‘cocktail’ of pesticides used by British farmers ...
An Australian court on January 29 heard closing arguments in a class action lawsuit alleging that a weedkiller produced by ...
I have previously authored many articles about per- and polyfluroalkyl substances (PFAS), also known as “forever chemicals,” and the misinformation ...
Good hygiene is important, but too much of it might be contributing to chronic disease in developed countries. A data ...
In 2022 and 2023, two papers analyzing the intersection of genetic engineering and disinformation were published. Neither were in very ...
Bayer was ordered on January 26 to pay $2.25 billion to a Pennsylvania man who said he developed cancer from ...
In today’s world, due to the lopsided impact of the bullshit asymmetry principle, the internet is overflowing with misinformation. However, amidst ...
A decades-long campaign alleges that BPA, a chemical used to manufacture many plastic products, is dangerous. There is no evidence ...
Reuters interviewed two dozen farmers, scientists, weed specialists and company executives and reviewed eight academic papers published since 2021 which ...
Last month, the American Academy of Pediatrics issued new guidelines for doctors fielding parents’ questions about the risks of foods containing genetically modified ...