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What may delay or derail the European Union’s proposed deregulation of gene-edited crops? Is there room for compromise with organic opponents?

Steven Cerier | 
The July proposal by the European Commission, which is the Executive arm of the European Union, to significantly liberalize not ...
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Anti-chemical activists up in arms as European Union leans toward reauthorizing use of weedkiller glyphosate. Here’s the science EU should consider

Jon Entine | 
Does the controversial weedkiller Roundup, made by Bayer and marketed in generic form by more than 30 companies as glyphosate, ...
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GLP podcast/video: ‘GMO’ probiotic may prevent hangovers; Surrogacy turns women into ‘children factories’? The case for drug patents

Cameron English, Liza Dunn | 
Biotech startup Zbiotics says its genetically engineered bacterium can reduce the risk of hangovers. Is there solid science behind the ...
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Serotonin-boosting foods and fatty acids that can lift your mood

Hayley Philip | 
One in four Americans currently suffers from anxiety or depression, correlating directly to serotonin levels found in the body. Normal serotonin levels ...
Biotechnology timeline: Humans have manipulated genes since the 'dawn of civilization'

Biotechnology timeline: Humans have manipulated genes since the ‘dawn of civilization’

Brian Colwell | 
The history of biotechnology shows how humans have been manipulating nature for our benefit for a long time—and how modern ...
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Viewpoint: 15 explanations for why activists lie and try to scare people about ‘killer’ chemicals, genetically engineered crops and nuclear energy

David Zaruk | 
We always hear NGOs saying that we cannot trust industry, that we have to exclude industry evidence or that industry ...
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GLP podcast/video: Chemophobia brings left and right together; Scientists should fight disinfo on X; Sudafed scandal explained

Cameron English, Liza Dunn | 
Why do so many people on the political left and right, who agree on almost nothing, share a deep-seated fear ...
BBC corrects its misleading educational site hyping the benefits of organic and the alleged environmental problems of GMOs

BBC corrects its misleading educational site hyping the benefits of organic and the alleged environmental problems of GMOs

The BBC has revised misleading and factually inaccurate statements about different farming systems on its exam revision website BBC Bitesize ...
How effective and safe are current-generation pesticides?

How effective and safe are current-generation pesticides?

Kayleen Schreiber, Marc Brazeau | 
it is important to balance risks with the benefits that pesticides provide ...
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‘Quantum shift’: UK regulators replacing science-strangling ultra-precautionary crop biotech regulations to accelerate adoption of CRISPR and other precise breeding technologies

Robin Wood | 
A ‘quantum shift’ by the Food Standards Agency in its planned approach to regulating gene edited food and feed products ...
6th sense? The mystery of tasting salt is so indecipherable, scientists say we have two separate systems to decode it

6th sense? The mystery of tasting salt is so indecipherable, scientists say we have two separate systems to decode it

Amber Dance | 
We’ve all heard of the five tastes our tongues can detect — sweet, sour, bitter, savory-umami and salty. But the ...
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Are neonicotinoid seed treatments critical for protecting crops—or unnecessary, with potential to harm bees?

Paul McDivitt | 
Neonicotinoids, the world’s most popular class of insecticides, have been making headlines for the last decade due to concerns that ...
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Only 7 African countries commercially grow genetically engineered crops. Here’s a blueprint to unlock the continent’s enormous farm and food potential

The African continent has been home to genetically modified (GM) crops for more than 26 years, beginning in 1996 when ...
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Viewpoint: Behind the curtain at the ‘Institute for Integrative Nutrition’ — Health guidance or quack advice?

Katie Suleta | 
Health coaching as a profession is exploding. According to a market research firm, in 2021, the industry was worth about ...
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GLP podcast/video: Did COVID vaccine mandates work? AI spreads glyphosate misinfo; Africa’s ‘Green Revolution’ has failed? No

Cameron English, Liza Dunn | 
Did vaccine mandates slow the spread of COVID on college campuses? A new study says yes. AI-generated articles are already ...
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Viewpoint: UK’s The Guardian fearmongers over PFAS ‘forever chemicals’

Susan Goldhaber | 
The Guardian's August 17 headline, “Drinking Water of Millions of Americans Contaminated with Forever Chemicals”, was based on newly released ...
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Open letter to New York Governor Hochul: ‘The only thing the Birds and Bees Protection Act would protect are seed corn maggots’

Christian Yunker | 
Farmers and their allies in New York State are almost unanimous in their opposition to legislation that would sharply limit ...
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Viewpoint: With meat demand expected to grow by 50% by 2050, it’s ‘immoral’ to oppose disease-resistant gene-edited animals

Craig Lewis | 
Gene editing research in livestock is advancing rapidly on a global basis, opening up major opportunities to improve the sustainability, ...
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Viewpoint: Beyond marketing — Why claims that “organic = better” do not stand up to scrutiny

Anna Lamb, Robert Paarlberg | 
Is organic food, grown without synthetic chemicals, healthier than conventionally grown food? Roughly 40 percent of Americans say at least some ...
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Viewpoint: As the BBC spews organic farming propaganda, the world’s poor suffer

Henry Miller, Kathleen Hefferon | 
How many people around the world are currently living in poverty? The World Bank reports that a little over 9%, ...
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GLP podcast/video: ‘Industrial’ seed oils unhealthy? A mom’s guide to anti-GMO myths; Opposites actually don’t attract

Cameron English, Kevin Folta | 
Are so-called "industrial" seed oils slowly killing us? Probably not. One mom and farmer says other parents shouldn't be scared ...
Video: Are synthetic pesticides harmful to the environment and human health? Here’s a nuanced review of the science

Video: Are synthetic pesticides harmful to the environment and human health? Here’s a nuanced review of the science

Josh Gilder | 
Starting with the premise that any substance can be poisonous depending on the dose, Josh Gilder, founding partner of Reach ...
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‘Museum of Agriculture’? Could that be the fate of European farming if Greenpeace and other environmental activists succeed in blocking deregulation of crop gene editing?

Steven Cerier | 
The war between science and anti-crop biotechnology advocacy groups has escalated since the summer release of the European Commission Report ...
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GLP podcast: Lab-grown meat bad for the planet? California’s backwards pesticide rules; Presidential debates should focus on farm policy

Cameron English, Liza Dunn | 
Recent research shows that lab-grown meat may not live up to its environmental hype, requiring far more energy than its ...
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Four ways to strip carbon out of agriculture and limit farming’s climate impacts

Steve Savage | 
Carbon is a “hot topic” in an age of Climate Change (pun intended). That is playing out in unique ways ...
Viewpoint: Land sharing vs land sparing — The UK needs to reevaluate farmland use in order to reach climate and biodiversity goals

Viewpoint: Land sharing vs land sparing — The UK needs to reevaluate farmland use in order to reach climate and biodiversity goals

Graham Brookes | 
It is 12 months since I highlighted the scientific evidence pointing to the urgent need to take forward a land sparing ...
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