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GLP Podcast: Biotech’s ‘dark side’; Pro-science consumers spread ‘misinformation’; Mandatory HPV shots?

, | | August 18, 2021
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iotechnology has launched a revolution in food and medicine, but it can also be badly misused by governments and individual scientists. How big of a threat are these bad actors? If you “trust science,” you’re more likely to believe and promote falsehoods online, says a new study. The HPV vaccine prevents the spread of some … Read more

GLP Podcast: When science isn’t about evidence; Bayer pulling Roundup off retail shelves; Kenya approves GMO cassava

, | | August 11, 2021
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researcher who challenged the consensus on obesity was blasted in the media by her colleagues. Is this an example of academics not “following the science”? Bayer plans to pull its glyphosate-based Roundup herbicides out of retail stores by 2023 to avoid future cancer claims. Kenya has finally approved disease-resistant GM cassava, which is expected to … Read more

Video: Anti-biotechnology activism is blocking our only way to save the Cavendish, the world’s most popular banana

, , , | | August 10, 2021
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Narrator: Ninety-nine percent of bananas exported to developed countries are just one group called the Cavendish. And the Cavendish is vulnerable to Tropical Race 4, or Panama disease, a fungus that’s now ravaging banana farms across the globe. … [Researcher James Dale]: We found the solution in the line of Cavendish which appears to be … Read more

Crop Chemophobia II: When activist journalists twist science in support of ideology

| August 9, 2021
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ttacking pesticides is sexy. Many activists, lawyers and journalists have made careers out of propagating a simple, compelling narrative about the chemicals farmers use to produce our food. The story goes something like this (cue ominous narrator voice): Greedy company X developed synthetic chemical Y to kill pests. It worked so well that farmers now … Read more

Viewpoint: Greenpeace’s failed attempts to derail Philippines Golden Rice approval illustrates its heartless ideology

| | August 9, 2021
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he Philippines has finally approved Golden Rice, a genetically engineered crop designed to combat vitamin A deficiency. Greenpeace, never content to let evidence guide its agenda, has trotted out some mealymouthed justifications to urge regulators to reverse the decision. “Vitamin A deficiency [VAD] is the leading cause of preventable blindness in children worldwide,” the American … Read more

Crop chemophobia I: Pesticides are vital to organic and conventional agriculture — but they can be misused. Here’s how to distinguish between legitimate concerns and anti-science propaganda

| August 5, 2021
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t seems not a month goes by without an “investigative reporter” somewhere on the internet warning about the dangers of pesticides and the EPA’s failure to do anything about them. I have in mind this recent story from The Intercept: The Department Of Yes: How Pesticide Companies Corrupted The EPA and Poisoned America, but a similar … Read more

GLP podcast: Greenpeace v Golden Rice; Vaccine side effects—myth or reality? Objective truth under fire

, | | August 5, 2021
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he Philippines has finally approved Golden Rice, and Greenpeace is doing everything in its power to reverse the decision. A growing body of research suggests that vaccines have off-target effects, both beneficial and potentially harmful. Do these studies stand up to scrutiny? Objective truth is under attack from the left and the right, say two … Read more

Viewpoint: How the anti-GMO movement devolved from dangerous to irksome to irrelevant

| | July 26, 2021
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ntroduced in the 1990s, crops genetically engineered (GE) to withstand exposure to the weed killer glyphosate (Roundup) were a game-changer for agriculture. They saved many farmers money on weed control, slashed greenhouse gas emissions caused by tilling and fossil fuel use, and indirectly boosted crop yields, all of which translated into lower food prices for consumers. … Read more

GLP Podcast: Animal gene editing moves ahead in Russia; Biotech eliminates flavorless produce; Edible cholera vaccine coming soon?

, | | July 21, 2021
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ussia wants to produce allergen-free milk using animal gene editing. How much progress have they made? If you’re bored with flavorless fruits and vegetables, genetic engineering might have solved your problem. A rice-based cholera vaccine could save a lot of lives and lead the way to more edible immunizations against deadly diseases. Join geneticist Kevin … Read more

How Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and anti-vaxxers misrepresent the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) to scare people about COVID shot ‘dangers’

| | July 15, 2021
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onvincing a parent that vaccines won’t harm their children can be a near-possible task these days. As pediatric infectious disease specialist Paul Offit told me during a recent interview, no amount of scientific evidence is likely to sway someone who has read horror stories about other children reacting badly to a shot. Anti-vaccine groups amplify the … Read more

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