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Food scientist Bruce Chassy: Although some GMO sympathizers embrace labeling, it’s a disaster in waiting

Bruce Chassy | 
A number of prominent journalists, who report fairly and objectively about GMO foods, are urging food and seed companies to ...
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Could Congress finally end the GMO labeling war?

Emily Sutherlin | 
Is the tide shifting on the state-by-state approach by anti-GMO activists to impose the labeling of genetically modified foods? ...
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Do you buy ‘gluten free’ products? Real chance they have gluten in it

Ben Locwin | 
New research suggests that that most people who claim a gluten sensitivity are being swept up in what amounts to ...
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Spray-on DNA bar codes help trace food-borne illnesses

Jane Palmer | 
If farms sprayed their unique DNA signature on foods, the source of contamination in food born outbreaks could be identified ...

Why don’t more farmers adopt organic methods? Ethics.

Organic food has quietly become a Big Ag juggernaut. Everyone talks aboutvideo games and the film industry, for example, but ...
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Ben & Jerry’s dilemma: Should the concern be GMOs or artery clogging treats?

David Warmflash | 
Ben & Jerry's has taken the lead among self-proclaimed 'socially responsible' firms in criticizing GMOs and attempting to remove any ...
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After Kevin Folta challenge, South Florida Science Center invites real scientist to GMO debate

Kevin Folta | 
The chair of the University of Florida Horticultural Studies Department publicly called out the South Florida Science Center for sponsoring ...
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Kevin Folta takes on South Florida Science Centers’ promotion of anti-science GMO ‘nonsense’

Kevin Folta | 
Over the past few weeks, the South Florida Science Center and Aquarium of West Palm Beach has been eagerly promoting a Thursday, ...
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McDonald’s mulling embrace of Simplot’s bruise-reducing Innate GMO potato

Jon Entine | 
A healthier, ecologically advanced GMO potato has been cleared, touching off theatrics of opposition by advocacy groups. The success of ...
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Frankenfood: A metaphor that has cursed GMOs

Jon Entine | 
In this radio interview, Australian Broadcasting Radio National asks Mark Lynas and the GLP’s Jon Entine about whether science is ...
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Center for Science in the Public Interest: If you eat these 10 things, you are a bad person

Hank Campbell | 
Given its track record of embracing fads and promoting questionable health solutions, it's often better to do exactly the opposite ...
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Which tastes better: Conventional or organic foods? A tale of two apples

Ben Locwin | 
Many studies (e.g., here) have broached the topic of the taste and ‘quality’ of organic food versus conventional. Robustly, The ...
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Understanding the war against GMOs

Fourat Janabi | 
I recently finished Robert Greene's marvelous book, The 33 Strategies of War--a 33 stage journey in destroying your enemies. As ...
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Is Nassim Taleb a “dangerous imbecile” or on the pay of anti-GMO activists?

Jon Entine | 
Even Nassim Taleb's friends call him a "vulgar, bombastic windbag". Now he's becoming one of the new faces of the ...
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Science as profane: What superstition of 1752 and 2014 share in common

Hank Campbell | 
Today, the Frankenstein story is invoked in exactly the opposite way that Shelley wrote it - it is invoked as ...
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What’s so “natural” about “natural crop breeding”?

Jon Entine | 
One of the most popular arguments of critics of crop biotechnology is the claim that conventional breeding is more "natural" ...
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Not all science created equal: The genetically engineered crops story

Robert Wager | 
In 1987 the US National Academy of Sciences stated there were no new risks from plants created using recombinant DNA ...
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Greenpeace claims GM technology eclipsed by ‘safer’ genetic techniques, renews Golden Rice attack

Jon Entine | 
Greenpeace is launching another offensive against Golden Rice, promoting organic-based agriculture as an alternative model and promoting alternative forms of ...
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Gluten-free fad food choice, rarely medically dictated

Meredith Knight | 
Millions of people have lately adopted a gluten-free diet by self-diagnosing with gluten sensitivities in spite of the fact there ...
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National Wildlife Refuge System bans on GMOs and neonics lack transparency, scientific rationale

Val Giddings | 
While not identifying any specific evidence that pesticides or genetically modified crops might cause environmental or human damage, the NWRS ...
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Seed patent primer: Is the use of GMOs preventing farmers from reusing their seeds?

XiaoZhi Lim | 
The claim that farmers would be able to save their seeds if only the patent rights of seed companies were ...
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Women carry fetal DNA long after children’s birth

Meredith Knight | 
Women and their offspring exchange small amounts of DNA during pregnancy. Those fetal DNA signatures can last a lifetime in ...
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Closer examination of risk factors for Latinos underscores cultural diversity

Meredith Knight | 
Investigations into the genetics of disease in Latino populations are yielding interesting patterns of risk and protection from disease. The ...
Leftist dystopia? Anti-technology fever animates opposition to GMOs and other 'disruptive' technologies

Leftist dystopia? Anti-technology fever animates opposition to GMOs and other ‘disruptive’ technologies

Mark Lynas | 
Thoughtful people are offering thoughtful critiques of the role of genetic engineering in agriculture and other technological advances that raise ...
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General Mills’ Cascadian Farm launches ‘bee-friendly’ campaign, GMO critics unimpressed

Andrew Adam Newman | 
Alarm has grown in recent years over the widespread loss of bee colonies, not just because of the canary-in-the-coal-mine implications ...
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Food 2.0: Will farmers be able to meet the ecological challenges ahead?

Marc Brazeau | 
Financial columnist Paul Farrell recently explored the investment challenges and opportunities for food tech companies. We deconstruct some of his ...
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Center for Food Safety attacks GMO drought tolerant crops, distorts big picture

Marc Brazeau | 
Conventional breeding is currently outpacing biotech in tackling some complex traits like drought tolerance and nitrogen efficiency. Is it a ...
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