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Can GMOs restore habitats, save endangered species?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. To some, GMOs are ...
UK House of Commons: Greenpeace, anti-GM activists distort science on GMOs, calls for deregulation
A UK House of Commons report lashed out at anti-GMO advocacy groups for misapplying the 'precautionary principle' to the GM ...
Greenpeace provokes India’s ire: Crumbling credibility and waning power of global activist power
Editor's Note: Greenpeace has led an aggressive campaign against GMOs in India, demanding that they be banned. It's mounted high ...
Can Golden Rice, other nutritionally enhanced crops, fulfill promise to reduce malnutrition?
Despite public health and humanitarian efforts, it is estimated that at least 3.1 million children die each year and 161 ...
Science fiction? Hollywood weighs in on GMOs
Actress and lifestyle guru Gwyneth Paltrow recently appeared on Capitol Hill to promote GMO labeling. We applaud her willingness to get involved in the political ...
GMOs protect farm laborers, reduce carbon emissions and are safe to eat.
Unsure about biotechnology? There’s a lot of misinformation out there. Although biotech can improve people’s lives, it can be hard to get ...
Pollinator myth: Are bees responsible for one third of global food, heightening crisis? More like 7%
Aren’t bees responsible for a third of the world’s food, and 90 percent of global nutrition — claims invoked by ...
‘Blood on their hands’? Withdrawal of Golden Rice study for non science reasons feeds anti-GMO fervor
A 2012 article in the nutrition literature might have been the most momentous contribution to public health worldwide since Dr. Jonas Salk’s announcement ...
3 ways GMO rice could improve world but tech hurdles and anti-GMO protests block way
New GMO varieties of rice could improve nutrition, cut potentially dangerous arsenic levels and help combat climate change, but activist ...
Golden rice paper retracted over ethical concerns, not quality of science
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article from the Retraction Watch website: The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition is retracting a paper that ...
Examining claims GMO cotton causing Indian suicide epidemic
One major accusation of evil on the part of GMOs and Monsanto is forcing Indian farmers into debt through expensive seed that cannot be ...
Saletan’s Slate on target expose of GMO fear mongering overstates corporate influence
The title of William Saletan’s July 15 j’accuse in Slate, “Unhealthy Fixation” is spot on, but the subtitle really nails ...
5 Myths about GMOs
In the neverending debate about genetically modified foods, which myths do you believe? ...
With Will Saletan’s Slate takedown of anti-GMOers, liberal debate about GMO benefits now over
Slate's subtitle says it all: "The war against genetically modified organisms is full of fearmongering, errors, and fraud. Labeling them ...
GMO myths hold back advances in eco-conscious farming
Few scientific avenues are as controversial in the public mind as genetic modification of crops. Many scientists are allured by ...
UK GM wheat trial highlights costs of violent activism
The failure of GM wheat developed by UK researchers to repel pests not only highlighted the scientific process, but also ...
Greenpeace Australia’s tax status challenged after unlawful destruction of GM wheat trial
Greenpeace's unlawful protest and destruction of Genetically Modified (GM) crop trials at CSIRO facilities in Canberra in 2011 are a key ...
Former UK ag minister: Neil Young ‘tragically wrong” on GMOs
Neil Young is following the lead of activists who claim that GMOs are harmful to health, farmers and the environment. This ...
Organic industry and other funders behind Séralini’s anti-GMO studies
Financial support for the release and publicity of the laboratory animal feeding study by Gilles-Eric Séralini comes from a range ...
BBC Panorama blasts anti-GMO activists for ignoring science underscoring turning point on biotech reporting
BBC's takedown of activist environmentalists for their rejection of safe and environmentally sustainable crops is the latest in a series ...
Former UK Greenpeace chief says anti-GMO campaigners “morally unacceptable”
Campaigning against the use of Genetically Modified crops in Britain is “morally unacceptable”, according to the former head of the ...
Greenpeace, leader of anti-GMO movement in India, faces precarious future
The first year of Modi Sarkar has been disastrous for non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in the country. Including Greenpeace, about 9,000 have ...
Lesson to India? Bangladesh got GMO approval by challenging ‘devious’ environmentalists
Bangladesh Agriculture Minister Matia Chowdhury has set an example by politically challenging extreme environmentalists and private-enterprise-hating ideologues, which is in ...
Anti-GMO stance by Greenpeace, other environmental activists, worsen climate change
The evidence suggests that GM crops can and do contribute to reducing global climate change. But high profile environmental groups, ...
U.S. defends Greenpeace India’s right to campaign against GMOs, energy projects
The United States has expressed concern that India's crackdown on the activities of the Ford Foundation and Greenpeace India could ...
EU to approve import of 17 GM foods as part of trade deal
Seventeen new genetically modified food products will be authorised for import to Europe before the end of May in a ...
In wake of Owen Paterson rebuke of anti-GMO ‘Green Blob’, advocates and opponents play tug-of-war over Africa
Owen Paterson's recent speech on the green lobby's role in blocking GMOs in Africa stirred some strong responses from both ...
