“Fake news” may be new to most people, but not to followers of the anti-GMO debate. Here are some of the leading purveyors of misleading information.
Michael Allen “Mike” Adams a.k.a. The Health Ranger (born 1969 or 1967 in Lawrence, KS) is publisher of Natural News (formerly News Target) which promotes alternative health and natural lifestyle products online. Adams also owns and operates dozens of other sites, including WakingScience and TruthWiki, and ‘shadow’ sites that he creates to target enemies. Facing … Read more
ouTube triggered an uproar [recently], announcing that it would take “down several video channels associated with high-profile anti-vaccine activists including Joseph Mercola and Robert F. Kennedy Jr,” the Washington Post reported on [September 29]. The move is designed to silence controversial voices “experts say are partially responsible for helping seed the skepticism that’s contributed to … Read more
When it comes to food safety, there’s no shortage of well-funded advocacy groups stirring up public concern. Under the guise of promoting industry transparency or protecting the environment, these organizations continually spread falsehoods about pesticides, biotech crops and related technologies, often with substantial financial support from the organic food industry. They file endless streams of … Read more
re you worried about the environment and the ‘proliferation of unnecessary chemicals’? Concerned that CRISPR and other forms of genetic engineering are leading us to a dangerous future? Fearful that synthetic biology is recklessly manipulating and maybe undermining Nature? That’s the viewpoint of many organizations that characterize themselves as ‘environmental’ advocacy groups, working on society’s … Read more
lternative health guru and conspiracy theorist Mike Adams, founder of the popular website Natural News, has been identified as the mastermind behind “a complex web of social media and website infrastructure used to create, promote, and target health and political disinformation,” according to a just-released investigation conducted by the Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD). The … Read more
Many GMO critics believe that vaccines are contaminated with glyphosate. A look at how vaccines are made and how glyphosate is metabolized shows this hypothesis is flawed.
Journalists like Eric Lipton need to recognize where the real danger lies.
Mangan discusses her unique approach to spreading science literacy.
These stories shaped a tumultuous year for agricultural biotech.
ctivists spend all day peddling nonsense. If they spent that kind of time on constructive issues…sigh. [A] local radio station [recently promoted] an upcoming program called “Battling Misinformation And ‘Bad Advice’ About Science And Your Health” and they said that a doctor was going to be on to talk about it. I was intrigued, but … Read more
odern genetic engineering techniques applied to agriculture are making stunning advances. This year, after decades in (gratuitous) regulatory limbo, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Health Canada and Food Standards Australia New Zealand gave the green light to domestic import and consumption of Golden Rice, which has been genetically modified to produce provitamin-A. Every year, … Read more
f there is a Wonderland filled with health scares, monsters, and miraculous concoctions, Mike Adams is building it. And its looking-glass is the Internet. Much has been written recently about online “echo chambers”: the idea that we are catered to on the Internet with sites and recommendations that reinforce our preexisting beliefs. If you watch … Read more
Can consumers trust “independent” studies funded by corporations that have found genetically modified foods safe? Anti-GMO activists say ‘no.’ But most researchers disagree.
Food Evolution director Scott Hamilton Kennedy talks with the Genetic Literacy Project about the film’s funding, and challenges the “ruthless marketing” of pro-organic supporters who have aligned with anti-GMO activists.
Oscar-nominated director talks with the Genetic Literacy Project about the reaction his documentary has received, both from GMO critics and those supportive of agricultural biotechnology.
Environmental NGOs have a harder time influencing the evidence-based US regulatory system, so they’re taking the fight to Europe — a more activist-friendly regulatory environment.
Teen anti-GMO activist Rachel Parent tours the world, ‘testifying’ at anti-GMO tribunals and delivers Ted Talks about the dangers of modern technology. Her family runs a multimillion dollar ‘natural’ products business that benefits from her radical advocacy.
On November 21, 2016, prominent GMO critic Vandana Shiva, gave a presentation at the Peace Center at Lane Community College in Eugene, Oregon. One resident is not happy. Scott Perey says Shiva’s positions on GMOs are not only contrary to science but dangerous to society.
