Science Controversies
What is the impact of the SCOTUS decision to uphold the Tennessee law banning gender affirming care?
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled (6-3) in United States v. Skrmetti, upholding the lower court’s ruling that a Tennessee law (SB1) ...
Viewpoint: Misplaced MAHA health strategy: Remove products that science says are not necessarily harmful while slashing federal programs that work
While the decision to remove artificial food dyes is typically something people across the political spectrum can get on board ...
Processed human sewage waste is sometimes used as cheap fertilizers. It’s potentially dangerous
About 3.5 million tonnes of sludge – the solid waste produced from human sewage at treatment plants - is put ...
Chemicals in food packaging is an increasing health threat
A research study, published in the Nature Medicine journal, explores the health impacts of exposure to synthetic chemicals in food. The scientists identify ...
Viewpoint: Sustainable agriculture—Why gene editing should be welcomed by organic farmers
Gene editing should be allowed in organic crop cultivation to boost yields and promote more sustainable farming practices, according to ...
Iran uses nuclear technology to produce drought-resistant rice
This rice variety was obtained through targeted mutagenesis methods and originated from the popular local native variety Tarom. Key features ...
Under its year old regulation, Canada has yet to approve a gene edited animal for human consumption. U.S. approved pig is a test
The approval in the United States for food use of pigs gene edited to resist Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome, ...
Precise ‘genetic tailoring’ of plant genomes addresses critical challenges in food security and sustainability
Simplifying the complexity of genome editing is essential to prevent misunderstandings and counter misinformation propagated by certain interest groups that ...
Gene editing holds the potential of suppressing mosquito species that carry deadly diseases — and raises ethical concerns
[S]ome doctors and scientists say it is time to take the extraordinary step of unleashing gene editing to suppress mosquitoes ...
Viewpoint: Natural ≠better—RFK, Jr.’s recommended ban on artificial dyes provides the ‘illusion of meaningful action’ but no health benefits
Health Secretary RFK Jr. recently announced that eight artificial food dyes will be eliminated from the US food supply by ...
Poll: Few voters concerned about pesticide use in agriculture
Fifty-seven percent of national voters agreed that farmer control over weeds, diseases and pests on crops keeps food affordable, according ...
Looming disease crisis? With vaccination rates falling, measles and polio rates could soar
Measles, rubella, polio and diphtheria—once ubiquitous, devastating and deeply feared—have been virtually eliminated from the U.S. for decades. Entire generations have ...
India approves its first gene edited crop—rice that uses less water, reduces carbon emissions and increases yields
India has made a historic leap in Sustainable Farming by unveiling the world’s first Genome-Edited Rice varieties. “Pusa DST Rice ...
Empowering small farmholders and indigenous cultures is central to preserving at risk plants and forests
Empowering farmers, Indigenous Peoples, local communities and scientists to conserve and use genetic resources is key to resilient agrifood systems ...
Viewpoint: RFK, Jr is peddling disinformation about autism—but it’s made him and his fellow tort lawyers a boatload of money
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s views on autism are clearly offensive. What’s less obvious is that they are also self-serving: He ...
Viewpoint: PFAS—Fluoropolymer panic shows how the activist-tort lawyer-media complex threatens a lifesaving medical technology
Early last year, the Environmental Working Group and the Green Science Policy Institute launched an attack on a family of ...
Empowering small farmholders and indigenous cultures is central to preserving at risk plants and forests
Empowering farmers, Indigenous Peoples, local communities and scientists to conserve and use genetic resources is key to resilient agrifood systems ...
Swedes, especially youth, are open to crop gene editing and want regulations relaxed
Gene editing offers the opportunity to breed with precision, adapting crops and farm animals to a changing climate, providing disease ...
GLP podcast: Should doctors go to jail for prescribing opioids?
In the late 1990s, America began to see a dramatic uptick in the misuse of prescription opioids. Fueled by unethical ...
COVID wet market nature origin theory gets a boost: The genetic trail of coronavirus origins
In a study published on [May 7, 2025], a team of researchers compared the evolutionary story of SARS with that of Covid 17 ...
AI can play a crucial role in making agrifood more resilient but could lead to increased carbon emissions
Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) technologies are offering powerful tools to transform the agrifood system, and new research ...
Nebraska and Montana ban lab grown, cell-based meat
Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte announced on [May 13] that he signed House Bill 401 into law. The legislation banned the ...
Public support for CRISPR gene edited food surges in the UK
The UK is backing emerging innovation to protect the future of our food supply, with 69% of UK adults strongly ...
$500 million universal flu vaccine: Moonshot-like project proposes to use 50-year old technology that likely won’t work
Dubbed Generation Gold Standard, the project is aimed at creating a flu shot that doesn't have to be updated every ...
South Korea’s Haenyeo—Did these legendary women evolve to dive?
An island 50 miles (80 kilometers) off the southern tip of the Korean Peninsula is home to a unique and ...
Disrupt the global food supply? Trump officials dubious about RFK, Jr.—MAHA plan to ban crop chemicals
A bid by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to label pesticides as a potential cause of U.S. health woes ...
Why and where cancer rates are climbing in younger adults while overall cancer rates decline
Researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have completed a comprehensive analysis of cancer statistics for different age groups ...
