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Opponents of GM crops like Golden Rice are ‘wicked’, says UK Environment Secretary, setting off tempest
UK Environmental Secretary's harsh words against anti-GMO activists starts a firestorm of discussion, renewing the debate over Golden Rice ...
Organics versus GMO: Why the debate?
There is a global consensus on the safety of GMOs. Yet, anti-GMO activists and proponents of organic crops are fighting ...
Greenpeace opposition to Golden Rice “costing thousands of lives”
Patrick Moore, the former president of the original Greenpeace Foundation, along with his brother Michael, a former Greenpeace activist, "despair ...
Greenpeace continues to resort to ecoterrorism and publicity stunts
On August 8th, Greenpeace activists descended on a test plot of Golden Rice in the Philippines and ripped up the ...
Viewpoint: Mandatory labeling of genetically engineered foods deserves a warning label of its own
This article originally ran at Forbes and has been republished here with permission of the author. Washington State is about ...
Philippines: Court invokes precautionary principle, halts Bt eggplant trials
MANILA, Philippines – The Court of Appeals on Thursday, September 26, affirmed its earlier ruling banning field trials of genetically-modified ...
Righteous condemnation of ‘anti-science’ bias won’t change minds of GMO critics
The ABC recently reported that 400 people in the Philippines trampled vitamin-enriched “golden rice” trial crops because of fears to human health ...
Reaffirming commitment to science, AAAS condemns Golden Rice vandalism
Standing up for GMOs, a group of the world's top scientists have come together, through the American Association for the ...
Is the Philippines the most ‘GMO-friendly’ country in Southeast Asia?
While Golden Rice is still being tested, a total of 44 GMOs have been approved by the government: 40 for ...
On Golden Rice, Greenpeace’s greatest fear is that project and science prevail
If the Europe-based activist group Greenpeace were simply struggling it out with Filipino politicians, it would have been easy for ...
Stop saying GMOs are safe, says Greenpeace
Greenpeace today accused the Philippine government of misleading the public into thinking that field trials of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) ...
Trashing rice, killing children
Earlier this month, 400 protestors destroyed a field trial of genetically modified Golden Rice in the Philippines. Aided by well-meaning ...
Popular arguments against GMOs countered among inflammatory debate
Swedish science writer Emil Karlsson addresses several popular anti-GMO claims in a new blog post ...
Mark Lynas on Philippines travesty: True story about who destroyed Golden Rice GM rice crop
Did you hear that a group of 400 angry farmers attacked and destroyed a field trial of genetically modified rice in the ...
Lynas slams Indian official for blocking GM eggplant
NEW DELHI: British environmental activist Mark Lynas, who once "demonised" geneticially modified crops and now campaigns for their cause, blames Jairam Ramesh for ...
GMOs don’t hurt anyone, but opposing them does
How do you demonize scientists who added 3 genes to the 30,000 in rice in order to stop vitamin A ...
GM crops don’t kill kids, opposing them does
Golden rice’ prevents the vitamin A deficiency that kills millions every year. Yet Greenpeace is blocking it It was over ...
Call to action: Grist reevaluates crop biotechnology; It’s time the rest of journalism does too
Grist is taking a bold step in reevaluating its anti-GE stance. It's the latest in many milestones for reason and ...
Mark Lynas: From GMO hater to supporter
While U.S. consumers are becoming increasingly more interested in where their food comes from and what goes into it, Europeans ...
Who’s polarizing the GE debate? Greenpeace
The following is an edited excerpt. I love this piece in the Guardian about GMOs, I really do. It’s so ...
Why the “March on Monsanto” hurts the hungry
The following is an edited excerpt. May was March-on-Monsanto month. An array of celebrities, ranging from Danny DeVito to Dave ...
California’s activist court rules that GM alfalfa is not a pest
Despite a track record spotted with anti-science activist positions, California's 9th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the lower court's determination ...
Greenpeace moves anti-GMO jihad to Mexico
The following is an edited excerpt. Corn is the most important staple of the Mexican diet. Corn tortillas of many ...
Viewpoint: Domestic eco-terrorism has deep pockets. And many enablers.
This article originally ran at Forbes and has been republished here with permission of the author. Fueled by a recent ...
On GMOs, New York Times foodie Mark Bittman is a dark cloud in the brightening sky of reason
It’s challenging to name a more influential food writer than The New York Times’ Mark Bittman—nor one less informed and ...
Can Syngenta help make open-source GMOs a reality?
In a new initiative, Syngenta will make its genetic engineering tools and GM plant varieties freely available for non-profit researchers ...
Egypt: Proponents of biotech agriculture discuss merits of GM crops
The following is an excerpt. A conference discussing the merits of genetically modified crops took place Sunday at Cairo University’s ...
