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Viewpoint: FDA regulations ‘a disaster’ for genetically modified animal research

Henry Miller, John Cohrssen | 
The Trump Administration and Congress should rein in the FDA's regulatory overreach on genetically engineered animals, which is stifling important ...
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GMO that’s not all GMO: Monsanto’s rootworm-fighting corn seed uses RNA interference

Andrew Porterfield | 
The EPA's relatively quick approval of a new Monsanto seed trait drew criticism from anti-GMO groups that complained about a ...
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Public education about QR codes important to success of proposed federal GMO label, study finds

Megan Poinsky | 
The study, the release of which was the subject of a now-moot lawsuit from the Center for Food Safety last ...
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Center for Food Safety sues USDA to spur release of GMO QR code labeling study

Megan Poinski | 
One of the most controversial aspects of the mandatory GMO labeling law signed by President Obama last summer is the ...
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Viewpoint: California activists ‘gamed system’ to get glyphosate herbicide labeled as carcinogen

Hank Campbell | 
Environmental activists found the perfect targets to help them defame the popular herbicide glyphosate — widely-accepted as safe — in ...
Opinion: Anti-GMO documentaries on Hawaii farming warp reality

Opinion: Anti-GMO documentaries on Hawaii farming warp reality

Joan Conrow | 
A movement in Hawaii promotes the romanticized view that the world can be fed locally and without farm pesticides and ...
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How Berkeley-led academics conspired with anti-GMO groups to attack Food Evolution movie

Emails show the Pesticide Action Network, Center for Food Safety, and Friends of the Earth helped write and promote a ...
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Opinion: GMO opponents in ‘frenzied heat’ trying to discredit Food Evolution movie

Joan Conrow | 
Michael Pollan, Marion Nestle and other anti-GMO activists have complained that the documentary Food Evolution is nothing more than a ...
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Food Evolution’s NYC premiere proof science and reason can win over GMO skeptics

Hank Campbell | 
Change is hard. But a skeptical New York City crowd's reaction to Food Evolution, a new documentary about GMOs, provides ...
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Plight of the monarch: Threatened by more than the loss of milkweed food supply

Andrew Porterfield | 
Anti-GMO critics often blame the herbicide glyphosate for monarch butterfly population declines, as it kills the insect's habitat--weeds. But a ...
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Opinion: Activists—not biotech companies—responsible for public backlash against GMOs

Joan Conrow | 
Biotech companies like Monsanto are often blamed for not doing enough to combat consumer skepticism of GM foods. But anti-GMO ...
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Federal judge rules EPA did not consider potential impact of neonicotinoids on insects besides bees

Josephine Marcotty | 
A Minnesota beekeeper has won a round against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in a protracted lawsuit over a ...
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‘Shockumentary’: How to spot fear-based movies about food and farming

Leah McGrath | 
It seems as though every year a food “shockumentary” comes out (GMO OMG, Forks Over Knives, Food Inc etc). I’ve ...
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Worst 10 list: Advocacy groups that put ideology ahead of science on food and farming issues

Andrew Porterfield | 
Which organizations promote ideology over science in the debate over crop biotechnology? The list includes some of the most well-known ...
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Is there a metabolic on-off switch that could prevent chronic fatigue syndrome?

Andy Coghlan | 
Evidence is mounting that chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is caused by the body swapping to less efficient ways of generating ...
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Viewpoint: Will genetically engineered animals finally bring home the bacon?

Henry Miller | 
This article originally ran at Forbes and has been republished here with permission of the author. It’s unusual for an ...
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Lobbying and big spending on GMO and pesticide issues escalate in Hawaii

Rick Daysog | 
The battle over genetically modified crops is turning into one of the most expensive political debates in Hawaii's history. Hawaii News ...
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Environmental activists sue EPA in challenge of approved Monsanto glyphosate-dicamaba Xtend herbicide mix

Todd Neeley | 
Environmental groups sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on January 27th in attempt to force the agency to take another look ...
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Addressing all farmers’ challenges: Taking ideology out of the glyphosate and ‘superweed’ debate

Marc Brazeau | 
Hardy weeds that develop from continued use of a limited control system are problems for all farmers. This is not ...
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Opinion: Organic tail wagging farming dog in Washington while sustainability, consumers suffer

Mischa Popoff | 
Organic activists have held sway in Washington for years now, although the percentage of farms under organic standards remains tiny--just ...
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Environmental groups to sue FDA over plan to release Zika-fighting GMO mosquitoes

David Goodhue | 
A coalition of environmental groups is threatening to sue the federal government over the U.S. Food and Drug Administration greenlighting ...
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Hawaii counties cannot impose local safety bans on GMOs and pesticides, federal court rules

Anita Hofschneider | 
Monsanto, Syngenta and other seed companies that farm in Hawaii won a significant victory after a federal appeals court ruled ...
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How to save Monarch butterflies? Banning glyphosate and planting milkweeds won’t help

Andrew Porterfield | 
According to activists, the decline of the Monarch butterfly population is primarily due to the over application of the popular ...
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Calyxt’s bruise-resistant, non-browning GMO potato cleared for sale

Mateusz Perkowski | 
The [USDA] has advised the potato’s developer, Calyxt, the cultivar is not a “regulated article” under federal law because it doesn’t ...
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Buzz Kill: How the Sierra Club uses scare tactics about bee health and twists the science to raise money

Andrew Porterfield, Jon Entine | 
The Sierra Club, once venerated for its problem-solving approach to environmental issues, has become a shrill campaigner against many modern ...
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GMO myth busting: Behold the dandelion, the weed with farm busting superpowers

Andrew Porterfield | 
What does it mean to say that weeds are developing a "resistance" to glyphosate or another pesticide? Is this related ...
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Frustrated Floridian has had it–Satirical rebuke of activists blocking GMO mosquitoes

Amy Porterfield Levy | 
A goddamned mosquito just bit me on my face in my own house because I live in Florida and it’s ...
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