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Podcast: Do facts matter when we we make policy decisions about sustainable agriculture? That’s being tested as the public debate over the benefits of gene editing in food and farming ramps up
Innovation Forum founder Toby Webb talks with Jon Entine, executive director of the Genetic Literacy Project, about the rise of ...
Viewpoint: Anti-biotechnology activists claim Western corporations ‘colonize’ the developing world. Here’s why they are wrong
Today, many scientific discussions are shot through with social justice rhetoric, and the debate over food security in the developing world ...
GLP Podcast: ‘Science-backed’ case for organic food; Dirty Dozen debunked; Gene therapy treats deadly immune disorder
Is there a science-based case for organic farming? One professor says yes, but how compelling are his arguments? Environmental Working ...
Viewpoint: E.O. Wilson’s legacy under fire in some quarters after donated papers underscore fascination with racial differences and human diversity
Did Edward O. Wilson — Harvard professor, iconic biologist, champion of global biodiversity — promote racist ideas? For years, some ...
When will CRISPR gene editing be widely adopted in farming — and what are the blockages?
If you’re involved in animal or plant sciences, you’ve been reading about CRISPR technology for many years. Ranging from the ...
Part 2: Misinformation or disinformation? Deniers or skeptics? How the GMO and vaccine controversies are undermining science communication
“Disinformation” is a clever term to relegate the views we don’t like or care to hear to the realm of ...
Part 1: Does Europe-based Precautionary Principle protect consumers from reckless corporations or retard innovation and undermine public trust in science?
Proponents of the precautionary principle often claim that it is necessary to secure public trust in research and technology. Without ...
Viewpoint: Before we ban all PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ — found in products from non-stick frying pans to medical equipment — let’s require ideologically-neutral cost-benefit analysis
Recently, calls for a complete ban of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), also known as “forever-chemicals”, have intensified in the ...
Nutrigenomics: Can what you eat reprogram your genes?
People typically think of food as calories, energy and sustenance. However, the latest evidence suggests that food also “talks” to ...
GLP Podcast: ‘Cancel’ culture comes for science outreach; Activism blocks avian flu solution; CRISPR-edited cats?
A major university recently halted a science outreach event because the invited speakers were white men. Has so-called "cancel culture" ...
Where should society draw ethical lines for experimental CRISPR gene therapies that appear able to cure diseases?
It has been more than a year since Markus Mapara, MD, a professor of medicine and director of blood and ...
What are acetogens? And how could synthetic biology turn oil, coal and other fossil fuels into green, carbon-negative chemicals?
When most people hear about oil, as in petroleum, they think of what gets refined to produce gasoline. But it’s ...
Part II: The Clean 18 — USDA finds almost no pesticide-related health concerns from fruits and vegetables grown on American farms, while data on organic food is lacking
The purpose of the following section is to explore commodity to commodity differences by a variety of measures and not ...
Part I: The Clean 18 — Challenging Environmental Working Group’s Dirty Dozen scare survey of pesticide residues on conventional fruits and vegetables
The recent release of the “Dirty Dozen List” by the organic-industry-funded Environmental Working Group has stirred up its annual hornets’ ...
Viewpoint: There is a solution to the devastating poultry pandemic – but anti-technology activist groups and outdated regulations are blocking it
The bulldozer belches black smoke into the air, an engine revving with extra effort to push a hill of feathered ...
GLP Podcast: Artificial sweetener-cancer study debunked; MLB and vaccine mandates; Cholesterol not so bad after all?
A controversial study recently suggested that artificial sweetener consumption may be linked to elevated cancer risk. Have food-safety regulators overlooked ...
Why the developing world isn’t reaping benefits from the human genomics revolution
Since the first human genome was sequenced in the early 2000s, scientists have touted the breakthrough as a blessing to humanity ...
Mexico’s plan to ban glyphosate by 2024 is already backfiring against farmers, consumers and the environment
The Mexican government is still on track to ban completely by 2024 the use of glyphosate which is paired with ...
Probiotics: Solution to long-COVID or overhyped sales pitch?
“Could THIS twice-daily probiotic supplement filled with gut friendly bacteria help beat Long Covid?” That’s the headline in the Daily ...
How Russia’s invasion of Ukraine endangers our global food system
Life is full of unintended consequences. And unfortunately, the Russian invasion of Ukraine has provided classic proof of the old ...
GLP Podcast: Activists dump grain during food shortage; The mirror lies to you; Anti-GMO study debunked
Last week, French activist group Extinction Rebellion destroyed 15,000 tons of wheat to prove its anti-GMO bona fides. The grain ...
How once-distinguished The Lancet has become hothouse for anti-science advocacy
Misinformation is rampant on social media. The science community has spent most of the last two years trying to slow ...
Why did the earliest humans leave Africa?
On a searing hot summer day at ‘Ubeidiya, an ancient site in northern Israel, an undulating expanse of dry grasses ...
Global crop gene editing advances as numerous countries break from European Union’s restrictive policies
Great Britain has already decided to take the first steps, as has Switzerland: dealing with simple genome-edited plants will be ...
GLP Podcast: Ukraine war spikes food prices; Journalist sheds anti-GMO views; Creationism in schools
The war in Ukraine could have long-term impacts on global food prices. Can we prevent this dangerous outcome? A Japanese ...
Viewpoint: Organic farming best addresses climate change? Why the popular consensus is wrong—and why GE crops should be agriculture’s future
Popular wisdom is often wrong. Consider, for example, how it views organic agriculture, which has grown to a $48 billion a ...
Dangerous levels of glyphosate in urine? Junk science paper based upon a large-scale anti-GMO testing campaign
The public and journalists – the consumers of information about health – need to be aware of something that researchers ...
