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Is there really a science-based GMO controversy? False balance captures Discover magazine

Jon Entine | 
Discover's cover story on the anti-biotech movement gives unwarranted weight to anti-GM activists and in the process raises questions about ...

GM potatoes will be back

Matthew Weaver | 
The following is an excerpt. KENNEWICK, Wash. -- A University of Idaho researcher says he's optimistic efforts to develop genetically ...

Greenpeace’s war on world health

Vincent Carroll | 
The following is an excerpt. If there's anything more annoying than a huckster, it's a self-righteous huckster working for a ...
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Can biotechnology be open-source?

Sarah Fecht | 
As the Supreme Court watches Monsanto battle small farmers over GMO patent rights, some are suggesting that open-source biotechnology could ...

Leading anti-GMO activist’s confession: I was completely wrong to oppose GMOs

Torie Bosch | 
If you fear genetically modified food, you may have Mark Lynas to thank. By his own reckoning, British environmentalist helped ...
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Opening minds to science, technology and genetic engineering

Jon Entine | 
Genetic modification is neither good nor bad. Like any technology it is a tool. Like nuclear technology, fracking or advanced ...
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New class of GM mosquito rattles anti-GMO campaigns

Sarah Fecht | 
The Food and Drug Administration will soon decide whether or not to allow the release of genetically modified mosquitoes to ...

Co-founder of Greenpeace: GM opponents need a fundamental conversion

David Richardson | 
It takes courage, humility and honesty to admit mistakes. And how many of us haven't jumped to wrong and impetuous ...
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Greenpeace’s disinformation campaign against Golden Rice, and science, prevails in China

Jon Entine | 
In late summer, the Asian arm of Greenpeace issued an alarming press release headlined: “24 children used as guinea pigs ...

China sacks three officials for GMO rice test

China sacks three officials for GMO rice test: XinhuaNBCNews.com (blog)By Reuters. China has fired three officials for testing genetically modified ...

Greenpeace will keep fighting GM

Colin Bettles, Louis Andrews | 
Greenpeace has vowed to continue campaigning against genetically modified (GM) crops in Australia, despite backlash from the farming and scientific ...
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Greenpeace’s war on golden rice: Helpful or hurtful?

Henry Miller | 
Greenpeace's latest campaign involves golden rice and its availability to children in some of the poorest countries across the globe ...
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Debating the alleged dangers of genetically modified crops

Janet Cotter | 
The Australian science site The Conversation recently carried a story from a scientist with CSIRO, Australia's national science agency, challenging ...
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Greenpeace warns Philippines’ ‘relentless’ approval of GMO crops will lead to food crisis

In Southeast Asia, the Philippines has so far the most number of genetically modified (GMO) crops approved by the government ...
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Turning point from the botched French maize study: GM opponents look like climate deniers

Jon Entine | 
The highly controversial study by French scientist Gilles-Eric Seralini, who as we noted in last week’s update has a long ...
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Health and safety of GM foods

Jon Entine | 
The battle lines are firming in the debate between the mainstream science community and anti-GM activists about the safety and ...

Greenpeace “out to sea” on GM rice issue, bioethicist says

Arthur Caplan | 
Greenpeace, perhaps best known for its battles at sea to protect whales and the oceans, has gotten itself involved in ...

Turkey: Food Association withdraws application to import GM foods

The Federation of Food and Drink Industry Associations of Turkey (TGDF) announced that it has withdrawn an application to import ...
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Golden Rice, set for debut, will be great source of Vitamin A, study shows

Katy Davis | 
A new study found that Golden Rice is just as good, and even better than supplements and other foods at ...

Greenpeace activists in costly GM protest

Natash Rudra | 
Two women who broke into CSIRO and destroyed a research crop of genetically-modified wheat with whipper-snippers have cost Greenpeace more ...

Turks refusing to eat GM food, says Greenpeace poll

Some 83 percent of Turkish people are against consuming food from genetically modified (GM) organisms, according to a survey by ...

Greenpeace only has scare tactics against GMOs, claims previous Greenpeace member

Rich Keller | 
Environmental activists scare the world’s population against biotechnology based on fiction, said Patrick Moore, Ph.D., a founder of Greenpeace and ...

Stringent GMO regulatory system urged by anti-GM group

Ellalyn DeVera | 
MANILA, Philippines -- International environment group Greenpeace urged a strict scrutiny of regulators of GMO (genetically-modified organism) products being introduced ...
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European court decision has big implications for stem cell research

Nicholas Diamond | 
Brüstle v. Greenpeace, decided by the Court of Justice of the European Union, or CJEU, on October 18, 2011, changes ...
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