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Are GMO labels ‘a Trojan horse for big government intervention’ in our food supply?

Henry Miller | Forbes |
Mark Bittman, the former New York Times food writer... is baaaaack–with a Times op-ed titled,“GMO Labeling Law Could Stir a Revolution.” . ...
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FDA pondering whether ‘natural’ claims are meaningless

Carl Schneider, Omri Ben-Shahar | Forbes |
So what does “natural” mean? Nobody knows. Dozens of class-action lawsuits have been filed claiming that the term is used ...

US regulations creating confusion for regulation of GMO mosquitos

Henry Miller | Forbes |
The number of [Zika] cases in the United States is continuing to increase, as are the known modes of transmission...One ...
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Human hair protein may replace DNA as key forensics tool

Kristina Killgrove | Forbes |
DNA analysis as a way to identify unknown individuals is useful in both forensic anthropology and bioarchaeology, but only if ...

‘SkinGun’ sprays stem cells to heal burns and wounds

Jennifer Hicks | Forbes |
An experimental treatment that sprays on your own stem cells to treat second degree burns...is one of the latest trends ...

GMO labeling fight was between factions of food industry, not industry vs. consumer

Jacob Gersen, Steve Ansolabahere | Forbes |
[R]oughly 90% of survey respondents support mandatory GMO labeling. Consumers want to know. But the typical response when consumers want ...
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Anti-GMO crusader Jeffrey Smith: ‘Labeling GMOs was never the end goal it was a tactic to get them banned’

Glenn Lammi | Forbes |
Because “public-interest” groups cloak themselves with the feel-good mantle of protecting consumers, the environment, animals, etc., the motives of such ...
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Preponderance of field studies and latest research still concludes bees not disappearing

Henry Miller | Forbes |
Bees are in the news, . . . mainly, dire tales of disappearing bees threatening a third of our food supply.  ...

How USDA defines GMOs will determine if mandatory labeling is a success

Phil Lempert | Forbes |
The problem with the debate is that it is a very scientific and complex issue that most laymen just don’t understand. . ...

Organic industry bitterly split over newly signed GMO label law

Kavin Senapathy | Forbes |
“Organic Traitors Team Up with Monsanto and [Grocery Manufacturers Association] on DARK Act,” reads a recent headline from Ronnie Cummins, director of the ...

Federal court appears likely to preempt Hawaiian counties’ GMO ordinances

Greg Herbers | Forbes |
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. On June 15, 2016, ...

‘Mama Monsanto’ video attempts to pass off misinformation as comedy

Kavin Senapathy | Forbes |
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. It’s hard to tell ...

Environmental Working Group’s Dirty Dozen pesticide food list designed to promote organics

Kavin Senapathy | Forbes |
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. In an [Environmental Working ...

Scotts Miracle-Gro glyphosate-resistant GMO grass utilizes less fertilizers, grows twice as fast

Dan Alexander | Forbes |
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Scientists inside Scotts Miracle-Gro ...

Does over-regulation of GMOs stymie development, reduce competition?

Henry Miller, John Cohrssen | Forbes |
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Our regulatory experience over ...
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IARC’s reassessment of coffee illustrates problems with its process, messaging

Geoffrey Kabat | Forbes |
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. . . . [B]y ...
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American philanthropist Bill Gates announces support for gene drive

Matthew Herper | Forbes |
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Bill Gates says that ...

Makers of viral ‘Organic Effect’ video face lawsuit for ‘misleading, inaccurate’ advertising

Kavin Senapathy | Forbes |
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Last year, the Coop ...

Bioethical dithering on gene therapy comes at expense of patients’ lives

Henry Miller | Forbes |
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Activist Marcy Darnovsky published ...

Should journalists accept fellowships from Organic Trade Association, Monsanto?

The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Can journalists be impartial ...

Cotton industry slams Food Babe’s attempt to blame GMO cotton for Indian farmers’ suicides

Kavin Senapathy | Forbes |
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Companies, heed Cotton, Incorporated’s ...

Cell phone radiation study doesn’t prove cancer link

Geoffrey Kabat | Forbes |
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Recently the National Toxicology Program ...
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Media hype aside, do cell phones really cause cancer?

Matthew Herper | Forbes |
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Some bracing headlines have been ...

How effectively could genetic tests prevent disease?

Arlene Weintrub | Forbes |
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Columbia University professor and ...

Heralded NAS GMO study’s major flub: Dense regulatory web unaddressed

Henry Miller | Forbes |
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. [M]ost important, the [most ...

Former FDA GMO medical reviewer attacks IARC as “worst regulator ever”

Henry Miller | Forbes |
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Recent articles by investigative journalist David ...

US government too slow to act on Zika prevention, treatment

Henry Miller | Forbes |
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Abandoning earlier caution about ...

Moms Across America launches anti-GMO, anti-glyphosate billboard campaign

Kavin Senapathy | Forbes |
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. “Our Families Get Better ...