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Vigilante “Label It Yourself” activists violate federal law
The Label It Yourself campaign encourages activists to place their own self-printed "warning" labels on GM foods on supermarket shelves ...
Obama’s Science Commitment, FDA Face Ethics Scrutiny in Wake of GMO Salmon Fiasco
Will the President’s Office of Science and Technology Policy’s John Holdren investigate the White House after violations of the Executive Office guarantee ...
White House lifts political block on GE salmon
The Food and Drug Administration today released an electronic version of its Environmental Assessment for a genetically modified (GM) salmon ...
Breakthrough technique has potential to stop some genetic disorders from being inherited
Today, researchers at the New York Stem Cell Foundation and Columbia University Medical Center announced the success of a new technique to transfer the ...
Genetic testing reveals fake fish on your plate
Oceana’s findings are not exactly subtle, since their report is titled “Widespread Seafood Fraud Found in New York City,” and ...
What 23andMe is really selling
This week, 23andme, the personalized genomics company founded by Anne Wojcicki, wife of Google co-founder Sergey Brin, got an influx of investment cash ...
UK, Kenya, China: doing the GMO two-step
Gotta love the candor of UK Environment Secretary Owen Paterson, who reportedly called consumer opposition to genetically modified (GM) food ...
Seralini paper to blame for Kenya’s GMO ban
Seralini Paper Influences Kenya Ban of GMO ImportsForbesBags containing 'MON 810', a variety of genetically modified maize (corn) developed by ...
GMO regulation: Politicians meddling with little regard for science
Be it salmon, eggplant or BPA, the United States, India or France, politicians have insinuated themselves into the regulatory process ...
Supreme Court to decide whether human genes can be patented
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear, for a second time, a lawsuit challenging patents held by Myriad Genetics on ...
Futurist Nicola Tesla was a eugenicist
ForbesTesla, Eugenics And Rationalizing DehumanizationForbesThe year 2100 will see eugenics universally established. In past ages, the law governing the survival ...
“Oprah’s Farm” to capitalize on organic food craze?
On Monday, the New York Post unearthed a handful of applications to the US Patent and Trademark Organization for Oprah-branded ...
Is organic agriculture “affluent narcissism?”
"Eating organic" has achieved almost cult-like status. Yet it rife with internal inconsistencies and seems to be a choice only ...
Is organic agriculture “affluent narcissism?”
"Eating organic" has achieved almost cult-like status. Yet it rife with internal inconsistencies and seems to be a choice only ...
Malpractice on Dr. Oz: Pop health expert hosts anti-GM food rant; Scientists push back
The talk show health and science advice program hit a new low with Dr. Mehment Oz’s recent foray into the ...
Genetically engineered in California: A food label we don’t need, says pro-GM supporter
From “food miles” to farmers’ markets, it seems that consumers have never been more interested in the ways their food ...
DNA sequencing: Is science fiction becoming medical fact?
In two papers in major scientific journals, researchers today suggested pushing DNA sequencing into more routine use in the clinic, ...
Does the Seralini corn study fiasco mark a turning point in the debate over GM food?
Are anti-biotech campaigners the leftwing version of climate change deniers? The science media are finally confronting the distortions perpetrated by ...
Scientists smell a rat in fraudulent genetic engineering study
Last week French microbiologist Gilles-Eric Séralini and several colleagues released the results of a long-term study in which rats were ...
GMOs and junk science: Pro-GM supporter questions latest study condemning GMOs
In some ways it’s remarkable that Rachel Carson is still controversial, as we’ve been reminded by this month’s 50th anniversary ...
Does GM corn cause cancer? A flawed study fails to convince
Last week a scientific paper appeared that reported that eating genetically modified (GM) corn causes cancer in rats. Specifically, the ...
Scientists savage study purportedly showing health dangers of Monsanto’s GM corn
Are GM foods harmful or nutritionally less beneficial when compared to conventional or organic foods? Scientists and regulators almost universally ...
Is labeling of genetically engineered foods a losing proposition?
As Joe Six-pack munches Fritos and popcorn during the opening games of the NFL season, does he care what variety ...
Could Bioimimicry solve global hunger?
Biomimicry or biomimetics is the examination of nature for inspiratioin order to solve human problems. The latest wave of biomimicry ...
Genetic engineering: Is it a a food fix or does it cause more problems?
Genetically engineered (GE) crops are often discussed as the way to feed the world’s growing populations and to mitigate the ...
Will overregulation in Europe stymie synthetic biology?
The promising new field of “synthetic biology” involves the design and construction of new biological components, devices and systems, as ...
Shoddy drafting or part of the plan?: The “natural” problem in California’s biotech food labeling initiative, according to pro-biotech commenter
The “California Right to Know Genetically Engineered Food Act,” also known as Proposition 37 (“Prop 37″), advances the deeply misguided ...
Dysfunction at FDA threatens medical genetics industry
According to Jon Entine, after a series of stumbles and scandals, the Food and Drug Administration’s ability to oversee the ...
