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GLP podcast/video: Trust in scientists plummets; EU ditches organic ‘Farm to Fork’ plan; Our troubling ‘superhuman’ future?

Cameron English, Liza Dunn | 
Americans are losing trust in scientists following the COVID pandemic. How can experts regain the public's support? The European Union ...
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GLP podcast and video: Pesticide ban crushes French sugar production; Activist group ‘greenwashing’; How farming affects presidential elections

Cameron English, Liza Dunn | 
A pesticide ban in France has sent the country's sugar beet production to a 14-year low, a troubling result that ...
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GLP podcast and video: ‘Clean’ cosmetics aren’t so clean; England embraces CRISPR crops; Gene-edited animals produce 30 percent more meat

Cameron English, Kevin Folta | 
So-called "clean" cosmetics have become a big business in recent years. But as with food fads like "Non-GMO," clean cosmetics ...
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GLP podcast and video: EWG’s ‘Dirty Dozen,’ debunked; On pesticides, trust experts, not ideologues; Ukraine war derails EU’s Farm-To-Fork proposal

Cameron English, Kevin Folta | 
It's the time of year when Environmental Working Group (EWG) puts out its much-ballyhooed "dirty dozen" list of fruits and ...
GLP Podcast: Teenage psychopaths? Cancer-free smokers; Pesticide propaganda in Europe

GLP Podcast: Teenage psychopaths? Cancer-free smokers; Pesticide propaganda in Europe

Cameron English, Kevin Folta | 
Are young people more likely to display narcissistic and psychopathic traits? If so, why? A recent study has proposed intriguing ...
GLP Podcast: Ukraine war spikes food prices; Journalist sheds anti-GMO views; Creationism in schools

GLP Podcast: Ukraine war spikes food prices; Journalist sheds anti-GMO views; Creationism in schools

Cameron English, Kevin Folta | 
The war in Ukraine could have long-term impacts on global food prices. Can we prevent this dangerous outcome? A Japanese ...
GLP Podcast: 'It's banned in Europe' fallacy, debunked; Conversation's bad glyphosate article; Fighting pregnancy stress

GLP Podcast: ‘It’s banned in Europe’ fallacy, debunked; Conversation’s bad glyphosate article; Fighting pregnancy stress

Cameron English, Kevin Folta | 
If a pesticide is banned in Europe, does that make it dangerous? Nope. Typically an excellent source of science commentary, ...
Podcast: EU food retailers don't want CRISPR crops; Glyphosate threatens insects? Gene editing may fight high cholesterol

Podcast: EU food retailers don’t want CRISPR crops; Glyphosate threatens insects? Gene editing may fight high cholesterol

Cameron English, Kevin Folta | 
European food retailers want food made from CRISPR-edited crops labeled "GMO," which could prevent EU farmers from utilizing gene editing ...
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USDA: ‘Fear mongering’ keeps EU scared of growing GMOs, while it relies on US biotech grain imports

Dorien Colman | 
Commercial cultivation of GE crops in the EU is limited to one percent of the EU’s total corn area (102 ...
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European Commission may greenlight GM crop imports rejected by EU Parliament

The EU Parliament has again spoken out against the approval of a number of genetically modified plant species. MEPs in ...
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Europe’s current GM crop rules only ‘partially applicable’ to CRISPR plants, EU Food Safety Authority finds

Hanspeter Naegeli | 
The European Commission requested the EFSA Panel on Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO) to assess whether section 4 (hazard identification) and ...
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Push to reform EU biotech crop rules gains strength as some environmentalists, public officials endorse gene editing

Luis Ventura | 
After two decades as "the center" of GMO skepticism, it seems the EU may be ready to acknowledge the benefits ...
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Viewpoint: How postmodernism birthed Europe’s anti-GMO movement

Marcel Kuntz | 
Tounderstand why Europe is restricting the use of some technologies, while the United States are not following the same path ...
Europe’s biodiversity faces grave threats, while pro-organic farm policies offer inadequate solutions

Europe’s biodiversity faces grave threats, while pro-organic farm policies offer inadequate solutions

Justin Cremer | 
The European Environment Agency (EEA) released its “State of Nature in the EU” report [October 19], revealing that wildlife species and natural ...
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EU opposition to GM crops encourages hunger in developing nations, US trade official warns

Eddy Wax | 
A senior U.S. official blasted EU plans for greener farming on [October 27], accusing Brussels of risking worldwide starvation by ...
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Plant-based meats can be labeled ‘burgers’ in Europe, encouraging consumers to eat fewer animal products

Miriam Berger | 
Veggie burger enthusiasts can rejoice after the European Parliament on [October 23] rejected a measure to ban use of the ...
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Engineering soil bacteria could help develop enhanced, ‘non-GMO’ crops for Europe

Laura Bergshoef | 
Plant breeding – a method of selecting plants from a group that have the desired properties – is central to ...
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Viewpoint: Rush to develop COVID vaccine highlights failure of Europe’s GM crop regulations

Stuart Smyth | 
In a recent article of mine published in the journal, Global Food Security, I highlight the EU’s reluctance to move ...
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EU agriculture ministers back pro-organic Farm 2 Fork plan, but support gene editing to boost sustainable food production

Florin Zubașcu | 
The EU should make use of innovative breeding technologies to boost sustainability of food production, agriculture ministers agreed on [October ...
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EU’s only cultivated GM crop, insect-resistant Bt corn, poses no risk to humans or the environment, study finds

Fernando Álvarez | 
Following a request from the European Commission, the EFSA assessed the 2018 post‐market environmental monitoring (PMEM) report on the cultivation ...
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Post-Brexit UK likely to back crop gene editing, but won’t abandon EU’s strict GMO rules

Philip Clarke | 
Moves to facilitate the development of gene editing once the UK is free from EU regulation at the end of ...
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European countries can ban pesticides even if approved by EU, continent’s highest court rules

Natasha Foote | 
Europe’s highest court [European Court of Justice, ECJ] has concluded that member states have the right to ban pesticides even ...
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Viewpoint: Greenpeace-funded study backfires, undermining case to treat gene-edited crops as GMOs

Mary Mangan | 
The anti-GMO movement dominated the public discourse about crop biotechnology for decades. Led by committed activists who knew how to ...
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Europe’s pro-organic ‘green deal’ threatens US farmers who sustainably grow GM crops, USDA claims

Washington could complain to the World Trade Organization if the European Union goes ahead with a farming strategy that it ...
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Viewpoint: CRISPR pioneers awarded Nobel Prize. Will EU embrace the technology to boost food production?

Caroline van der Plas | 
CRISPR-Cas, the technique with which DNA in cells can be cut with ‘genetic scissors,’ has been awarded the Nobel Prize ...
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Viewpoint: EU approves new herbicide resistant GMO soy for human and feed consumption, but won’t allow its farmers to grow it

Amanda Zaluckyj | 
[EU regulators recently] approved Bayer’s new XtendFlex soybeans for food and animal-feed use. Bayer’s latest GMO is resistant to three ...
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Europe approves imports of new GM herbicide-resistant soy, despite objections from Green Party, organic advocates

Natasha Foote | 
The genetically modified (GM) soybean, the XtendFlex, was approved after a comprehensive authorization procedure, including a scientific assessment by the ...
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