Genetic Literacy Project
GLP spaces on X: Climate change and meat. Separating fact from hype
Red meat is often scapegoated as a major villain in the popular story about our global efforts to prevent a ...
Viewpoint: Environmental activists’ doomsday pessimism undermines agricultural biotechnology
We live in a precautionary era in which technological breakthroughs poised to dominate the coming decades—from artificial intelligence and nanotechnology ...
GLP podcast: Deadly mistake? RFK, Jr. guts mRNA vaccine research
Iconoclastic Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has once again roiled the science community, cancelling $500 million ...
Viewpoint—Science arsonist: NIH director is like the firefighter who sets a house ablaze so he can put it out and claim he’s a hero
On August 12, Jay Bhattacharya wrote an op-ed defending Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.’s Department of Health and Human Services’ decision ...
10 years ago, the hazard agency IARC called glyphosate a ‘likely carcinogen’. It weaponized chemophobia, corrupted environmental groups and ignited a tort bonanza
Ten years ago this week, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) released the full Monograph 112, that included a ...
Cracking the brain’s code: Breakthrough tools could transform treatment for Parkinson’s, ALS, and Huntington’s
The brain isn’t a uniform slab of gray matter — it’s a remarkably intricate landscape made up of thousands of ...
Viewpoint: AI and consciousness—How we will ethically interact with robots as they develop the ‘intelligence’ to show feelings
Sooner than we think, public opinion is going to diverge along ideological lines around rights and moral consideration for artificial intelligence ...
Viewpoint: Everything is a carcinogen! Here’s why there are so many lawsuits claiming safe chemicals cause cancer
Somewhere in Berkeley, California, Ramazzini fellow, Martyn T Smith, is looking out of his window dreaming of methods to find ...
Viewpoint: 98 years ago, Carrie Buck was labeled an ‘imbecile’ and ordered sterilized. Today, the wealthy can select the ‘best genes’ for their child. Is there a difference?
Almost 100 years ago, Carrie Buck was raped, labeled an “imbecile,” and sterilized by order of the state — all ...
Africa’s quiet biotech revolution: Gene editing emerges from Europe’s anti-GMO shadow
For decades, European regulations have dominated the global conversation on agricultural biotechnology in many regions of the globe. From field ...
Viewpoint: NGO deception III—Opportunistic activists promote expensive and unrealistic ‘cures’ to fake sustainability crises
The ‘Filthy Fifteen’ exposes the worst ‘environmental and health ‘fear profiteers’ and campaigns—from activist ideologues to corporate opportunists—who knowingly spread ...
Viewpoint: California’s science-challenged Proposition 65 toxic chemical regulation are at center of ‘tort shakedown’ racket
Not to0 many years ago, my wife and I once elebrated our anniversary in South Lake Tahoe, situated on the ...
GLP podcast: Legalize all drugs? Here’s an ER doctor’s perspective
As an increasing number of US states begin to liberalize their drug laws, allowing recreational use of marijuana and even ...
Viewpoint: NGO deception II—How environmental activists turn faux chemical crises into marketing and fundraising bonanzas
The ‘Filthy Fifteen’ exposes the worst environmental and health ‘fear profiteers’ and campaigns—from activist ideologues to corporate opportunists—who knowingly spread ...
Viewpoint: NGO deception I — 5 environmental health activist bogus fear campaigns
The ‘Filthy Fifteen’ exposes the worst environmental and health ‘fear profiteers’ and campaigns—from activist ideologues to corporate opportunists—who knowingly spread ...
Commemoration or Condemnation? Memory, morality, and the meaning of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
August 6 is one of the most consequential anniversaries for Americans, our World War II allies, and Japan—each for different ...
Why cutting out synthetic pesticides will reduce food production and won’t help the environment
Following the launch earlier this year of the UK Pesticides National Action Plan, with a strong focus on reducing the ...
Viewpoint: MAHA and RFK, Jr. have it backward: Celebrating elimination of safe chemicals while gutting healthcare and food assistance programs
The White House and HHS are congratulating themselves for “major victories for American health.” Their actions are doing the opposite ...
Science and the courts need to better distinguish between correlations and causation
Correctly distinguishing between correlation and causation is critical because it influences how treatments for illnesses are devised and tested. Also, ...
Ectogenesis: How artificial placentas could aid premature babies, upend entrenched abortion views
Survival rates are likely to be improved for infants born prematurely, and those requiring invasive treatments -- including surgery, cell ...
With hopes fading about finding signs of life on the exoplanet K2-18b, scientists refocus on exploring the Moon and Mars, with providing food the largest challenge
If we are serious about settling on other planets, we must grow food efficiently outside the safe environment of Earth ...
Viewpoint: The Chemical Panic Industry — to the delight of tort lawyers, activist researchers invent the myth of the ‘exposome’
There is a chemical in my soup. There’s a microplastic that might be harmful. There are particles in the air ...
GLP podcast: COVID shots in 2025. Who needs a booster and why?
Five years after COVID-19 began to turn the world upside down, controversy continues to rage around the life-saving mRNA vaccines ...
6% of global carbon emissions are linked to beef. Here’s how American exports can sharply reduce that
Trump’s global trade shake-up has prompted nearly every nation around the globe to reexamine their own trade policies, asking what ...
Prescription roulette personalized medicine: How genetic testing could eliminate many drug side effects
For millions of Americans, taking medication is a routine and necessary part of maintaining health, but if you’ve watched drug ...
How farming spread globally in prehistoric times to supplant hunting and gathering
If you’ve ever wondered how farming spread far and wide, our research on past human societies offers one explanation: contact ...
From dyslexia to distinction: Remembering Dr. Beryl Benacerraf — a pioneer who transformed prenatal and gynecologic care
When, in 2022, I came across the obituary of Dr. Beryl Benacerraf, I was reminded of her father’s connection with ...
Hairless humans: We have all the genes to go full Chewbacca, but they’re just turned off. Here’s why
Have you ever wondered why you don’t have thick hair covering your whole body like a dog, cat or gorilla ...
