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Viewpoint: GMO, CRISPR-edited crops can cut pesticide use—if environmental activists do not block them

Cameron English |
Anti-GMO activists should take a step back and look closely at some of the benefits that new genetically modified crops ...
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Viewpoint: Activists hurt farmers by fueling public’s disconnect with modern agriculture

Joan Conrow |
Farmers are increasingly frustrated and dispirited by the demands and unrealistic expectations of food advocacy groups and activists such as ...
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Did the EPA and Monsanto conspire to hide glyphosate’s health risks?

Cameron English |
A recent op-ed in the Sacramento Bee repeated the debunked conspiracy theory that Monsanto manipulated the EPA to hide evidence ...
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Viewpoint: African farmers blocked from using life-saving GMO bananas by European activists

Kevin Folta |
Anti-biotech groups funded by Western activists campaign against the commercialization of GMO crops in Africa, such as a new disease-resistant ...
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Hidden hunger: How anti-GMO activists are blocking humanitarian biofortification in Africa and Asia

Isaac Ongu |
Many crops grown in the developing world are deficient in nutritional qualities--which makes biofortification critical if we hope to improve ...
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Activists behind Zika virus conspiracy theories, Argentine pesticide birth defect scare

Andrew Porterfield |
South America's suffering from a number of epidemics. The worst one may just be misinformation ...
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Despite activists’ claims about glyphosate dangers, there’s no cancer spike in Argentina

Andrew Porterfield |
Anti-GMO activists have claimed that cancer rates in farming regions of Argentina have spiked. Interviews with local experts paint a ...