Science Controversies
3-Parent IVF stirs up all the old “designer baby” panic
Why is deciding abort a baby a legitimate ethical choice but choosing to have a boy is not? Some groups ...
Here is what GMO labels could cost consumers
The question of whether to require labels on food with genetically modified organisms (GMOs) pits activists and consumers who favor ...
God Move Over (GMO)
Scanning the web for slogans and catch-phrases that slur biotech crops rouses the usual suspects: “frankenfoods,” “our kids are not ...
Taiwan passes new GMO labeling restrictions
Taiwan’s government recently passed a law, which when implemented, will set some new tolerance regulations for food containing genetically modified ...
It’s a state-by-state battle for GMO label advocates
The issue of labeling foods that contain genetically modified ingredients has taken hold in states around the country, and more ...
Center for Food Safety sues USDA over genetically modified alfalfa
A food safety group filed a lawsuit in hopes of forcing the U.S. Department of Agriculture to release documents in court that ...
GMO ban in Oregon could cost more than $200,000, says official
A local ban on genetically modified crops could cost Jackson County, Oregon, more than $200,000 a year to enforce, according ...
Children to order: Ethics of “designer babies”
Creating designer babies who are free from disease and super athletic or smart may finally be around the corner. But ...
Drug-delivery DNA cages
Move over, nanotechnologists, and make room for the biggest of the small. Scientists at the Harvard’s Wyss Institute have built ...
GMO and non-GMO farmers have been coexisting for years
In the debate over GMO and non-GMO crop coexistence, an important fact is often overlooked: farmers have been coexisting for ...
Q&A: Hawaii mayors on pros and cons of GM crops on their islands
Hawaii Business magazine interviewed the three Neighbor Island Hawaii mayors on various topic including the future of agriculture and GMOs. Edited ...
Looking at the hard evidence on GM cotton and farmer suicide in India
Most of the cotton grown in India comes from GM seeds, referred to as Bt cotton having had the addition ...
Q&A: Hawaii mayors on pros and cons of GM crops on their islands
Hawaii Business magazine interviewed the three Neighbor Island Hawaii mayors on various topic including the future of agriculture and GMOs. Edited ...
The GMO labeling fight is heating up in Massachusetts
Large food manufacturers and industry representatives are fighting a renewed push to force them to disclose genetically modified ingredients in ...
Cross-contamination and the law: Legal backgrounder on Australia’s GMO crop case
While this case is "portrayed as a fight between organic and GM, it’s really ... about the consequences of inadvertent ...
In Vermont a state senator and organic farmer push for GMO labeling
David Zuckerman, an organic farmer and state senator, is a key advocate for ensuring that foods containing genetically modified ingredients be ...
Vietnam slow and cautious when it comes to GMOs
Speaking during the seminar launch of ISAAA Brief 46 on Global Status of Commercialized Biotech/GM Crops for 2013 on February 20, 2014 in Hanoi, Dr ...
Q&A: Hawaii mayors on pros and cons of GM crops on their islands
Hawaii Business magazine interviewed the three Neighbor Island Hawaii mayors on various topic including the future of agriculture and GMOs. Edited ...
Q&A: Hawaii mayors on pros and cons of GM crops on their islands
Hawaii Business magazine interviewed the three Neighbor Island Hawaii mayors on various topic including the future of agriculture and GMOs. Edited ...
‘Fat gene’ stands falsely accused, offers lesson in gene-gene interactions
For much of the last decade, a gene called FTO has been touted as a 'fat gene'. Now it seems ...
23andMe slowed by FDA order, but the company (and personalized medicine) advances
23andMe's conflict with the FDA has slowed the stream of people subscribing to the service, but co-founder Anne Wojcicki thinks ...
GMOs are today’s kiwis
In the 20th Century, a new food was introduced to the human diet. Grown by farmers in New Zealand without ...
Opinion: Death by GM contamination
How did all this happen? Easily. By steady, unrelenting persuasion by a chemical-cum-GM seed multinational sitting around in Pakistan the ...
Black Swan author Nassim Taleb warns of unpredictable dangers from GMOs
New York University professor Nassim Taleb, author of The Black Swan, which many believe foreshadowed the events leading up to the Great ...
Filipino farmers embrace GM eggplant when informed
A study contends that 96 percent of Filipino farmers are willing to shift to a genetically modified (GM) eggplant and ...
Broadening coalition supports federal pre-emption of piecemeal state GMO labeling laws
A broadening coalition of 29 U.S. organizations is urging Congress to develop federal standards to guide the labeling of food ...
