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Anti-GMO Activism and Its Impact on Food Security

Kevin Folta |
Activists have dismissed the opinions of the world’s leading scientists to undermine public trust in the benefits of GM crops ...
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Viewpoint: A wake-up call for US farmers: The EPA is trying to put you out of business

Henry Miller |
This article originally appeared at Forbes and has been republished here with permission of the author. The Environmental Protection Agency ...

Meet the Press Online video debate: Should GMO foods be labeled?

Colin O'Neil, Val Giddings |
Colin O'Neil, director of government affairs for the Center for Food Safety, and Val Giddings, senior fellow at the Information ...
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Food scientist Bruce Chassy: Although some GMO sympathizers embrace labeling, it’s a disaster in waiting

Bruce Chassy |
A number of prominent journalists, who report fairly and objectively about GMO foods, are urging food and seed companies to ...

Center for Food Safety on how to trash a healthier eco-friendly potato—It’s a GMO!

David Ropeik |
Cooking potatoes (and many foods) causes the Maillard reaction, an interaction of sugars and amino acids perhaps most familiar in ...
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McDonald’s mulling embrace of Simplot’s bruise-reducing Innate GMO potato

Jon Entine |
A healthier, ecologically advanced GMO potato has been cleared, touching off theatrics of opposition by advocacy groups. The success of ...

Battered by multiple defeats, GMO label backers vow to continue

Gosia Wozniacka |
Oregon and Colorado became the third and fourth liberal states in the West to reject a GMO labeling measure. A similar ...

Scientists rebuff Center for Food Safety report alleging chemicals in infant soy milk

Just days before the mandatory labeling votes in Oregon and Colorado, the anti-GMO activist group Center for Food Safety injected ...
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GLP interactive infographic: Which GMO experts should you trust?

Who are the most experienced, trained, independent and trustworthy scientists and commentators on the GMO debate? Anti-GMO advocacy groups promote ...
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Anti-GMO forces leveraging September Montana GE wheat find

Last July, the Agriculture Department’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service found unapproved GMO wheat at Montana State University. The government ...

Wall Street Journal: GMO label promoters are ‘organic protectonists’

Many commentators frame the various state fights between those who support GMO labeling and opponents as a 'David versus Goliath' battles ...
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Bleeding of Aloha: Ugliness of the anti-GMO movement in Hawaii

Joni Kamiya |
Campaigns for anti-GMO candidates and anti-GMO initiatives and bills are taking place all over Hawaii. Daughter of a papaya farmer ...
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Natural Resources Defense Council sues EPA to block rollout of Dow Enlist Duo GMO system

Jon Entine |
The NRDC filed what is expected to be the first of numerous suits challenging the EPA's approval of Enlist Duo, ...
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Center for Food Safety attacks GMO drought tolerant crops, distorts big picture

Marc Brazeau |
Conventional breeding is currently outpacing biotech in tackling some complex traits like drought tolerance and nitrogen efficiency. Is it a ...

Colorado GMO labeling campaign strapped for cash, national groups pin hopes on Oregon

Jenny Hopkinson |
Proponents of Oregon's GMO labeling ballot initiative have everything a campaign could hope for - from six-figure donations to a ...
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Interactive map: Oregon GMO labeling campaign – Follow the money!

The Oregonian has published an interactive map detailing the source and size of contributions to both sides in the Measure ...
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Food Hunk challenges Foodbabe and other anti-GMO activists

Jeff Fountain |
Early this September I attended the National Heirloom Expo in Santa Rosa.  It’s an event that’s centered around the pure ...
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Flipping the Anti-GMO arguments

A closer look at the claims made by Center for Food Safety. Do you agree? ...
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GMO farming abject “failure” claims Center for Food Safety–Is it?

Marc Brazeau |
The Center for Food Safety makes the case that GMO crops have "failed", citing "myths" circulated by proponents. Specifically they ...
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National Academy of Sciences releases videos of GMO panel presentations, schedules public webinar

The National Academy of Sciences' has posted videos of the presentations and discussions from the September 15-16 genetically engineered crop ...
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Agent Orange redux? Dr. Oz called out for fear-mongering on newest GMO products

Steve Savage |
Dr. Oz, infamous for his promotion of alternative medicine remedies and organic foods, and for his scaring people about chemical ...
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7 ways biotech crops fail in feeding the world

Bill Freese |
Many in the biotechnology industry seem to believe there’s a simple solution to the global food crisis: genetically modified (GM ...

Anti-GMO critics dominate National Academy of Sciences crop biotech evaluation

Chris Clayton |
The first two days of hearings on the latest round of scientific review for biotech crops and genetically engineered foods ...
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GLP’s Jon Entine cautions National Academy of Sciences about views of anti-science NGOs

Jon Entine |
The GLP's executive director speaks at the National Academy of Sciences, which embarks on a comprehensive study of the “purported” ...
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At National Academy of Sciences, GMO critics say technology is “failing”

Chris Clayton |
A full slate of anti-GMO luminaries, including Gilles-Erich Seralini and representatives from the Center for Food Safety, Union of Concerned ...
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If GMOs are so harmful, where are the ‘victims’?

Paul Danish |
According to the anti-GMO Center for Food Safety, “It has been estimated that upwards of 75 percent of processed foods ...

Opponents of GMO labeling in Vermont use Hawaii court ruling to try to block Center for Food Safety intervention

Anita Hofschneider |
Opponents of Vermont’s new GMO labeling law are citing a recent federal court ruling in Hawaii to try to block ...