Science Controversies
UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization report calls for better biotech efforts in developing countries
A new [Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations] publication calls for greater national and international efforts to bring ...
Biotech could improve sugarcane farming in India and beyond
According to the director of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research, scientists and sugarcane farmers should use the tools of ...
With brinjal (eggplant) approval, Bangladesh joins GMO club
The National Committee on Biosafety (NCB) yesterday officially released [Bangladesh's] first genetically modified (GM) food crop, brinjal, which is infused ...
UK education advisor faces criticism for possible advocation of eugenics
For many, the term "eugenics" conjures images of Nazi-run concentration camps and other horrific instances of science gone wrong. So, ...
Oregon’s top newspaper on Washington I-522: Don’t back “irrational” labeling
The Oregonian, Oregon's largest newspaper, has released an editorial opposing Washington's GMO-labeling bill. The editorial board argues that this bill ...
Role of GMOs for food security in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda
(Summary) The Center for Strategic & International Studies has released a report that investigates the current status of the GMO ...
Genetic mechanisms may cause herbicide resistance in weeds
(Summary) Farmers in Illinois have noticed over the last few years that the invasive waterhemp weed has become resistant to ...
UK Ecologist: GMOs produce ‘monopoly’ and ‘monoculture’
"My profound fear is that we will all be subjected to a greatly reduced number of mass-produced, unhealthy monocrop foods," ...
Proposed congressional bill bans the cultivation of GMOs in Costa Rica
Opposition lawmakers and environmental groups today filed a bill to Costa Rican Congress to establish a moratorium on the cultivation ...
How glow-in-the-dark jellyfish revolutionized plant biology
In the 1960s, scientists discovered a jellyfish that could emit its own light. 30 years later, this bioluminescence has changed ...
Consumers Union says labeling would not raise food prices, backs I-522
On Nov. 5, Washington state residents will vote on Initiative 522, a referendum that would require labels on foods that are ...
GMO safety study consensus war; GENERA to the rescue
The global discussion of genetically engineered crops has been heating up. Are they safe to eat? Do they harm the ...
Teenage anti-GMO Internet sensation now blogs on HuffPo
The 14-year old Canadian girl, Rachel Parent, the founder of "Kids Right to Know", who became a cyberspace sensation by ...
Hawaii anti-GMO activists influence policy by spreading fear of biotech
Reason's Ronald Bailey explores Hawaii's anti-GMO activists, who spread false information to advance their political goals. Both the Hawaii County ...
Cost/benefit analysis of GM crops in sub-Saharan Africa
The International Food Policy Research Institute has released a study on the impact of GMOs in African countries: A variable ...
Traces of glyphosate on crops are not toxic to humans
Anastasia Bodnar from Biofortified explains why the traces of glyphosate, the active ingredient in Monsanto's Roundup herbicide, are not toxic to ...
UK Environmental Minister: Consumers care more about cost of food, not GMO controversy
Consumers no longer care about the issue of GM crops, the [UK] Environment Secretary claims. Owen Paterson insisted genetically modified ...
European farming organizations demand greater access to GM crops
The organizations representing farmers in the four countries of the UK, France, Spain, Italy, Germany, Portugal and Romania have written ...
In Europe, debate intensifies over GMO food imports from US
The European Union has some of the strictest regulations in the world for genetically modified organisms, or GMOs, requiring extensive ...
Monsanto once supported GMO food labeling in Europe
The biotech company Monsanto, a major opponent of Washington state’s GMO-labeling Initiative 522, actually once supported the labeling of genetically ...
Washington State University researchers: GMO labeling is ‘useless,’ ‘misleading.’
Researchers at Washington State University’s Agricultural Research Center call an initiative to label genetically modified foods “useless information,” citing a ...
To build trust, scientists should be fighting for transparency, not against labels
Fighting labeling laws decreases public trust in genetic engineering, so scientists instead should work towards better transparency and improving public ...
Using GMOs, scientists show how plants tell time
Plants use sugars to tell the time of day, according to research involving a University of York scientist which is ...
Judge rejects request by pro-labeling group to freeze ‘No on I-522’ campaign funds
A Thurston County judge rejected a request by the Moms for Labeling group Wednesday to freeze $3.5 million still unspent ...
Nigerian Agriculture Minister urges faster acceptance of biotechnology in Africa
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Akinwumi Adesina, has called for an accelerated pace in Africa's use of biotechnology, ...
Some organic brands oppose Washington state GMO labeling law
After the Grocery Manufacturers Association unveiled its list on donors, it was revealed that several organic food manufacturers actually oppose ...
International scientists challenge Swedish government over funding of Golden Rice trial vandalism
In a statement on Mark Lynas's blog, prominent plant and agriculture scientists called out the Swedish government for funding MASIPAG, ...
