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Kevin Folta responds to anti-GMO FOIA fiasco: PLoS bungled post misrepresents smoking gun email

Kevin Folta | 
Paul Thacker and Charles Seife--aligned with anti-GMO organic financed USRTK--claimed that a leaked document 'proved' Florida prof 'advised' Monsanto on ...
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Activist groups, USRTK have right to demand transparency from biotech scientists

Charles Seife, Paul Thacker | 
The backlash against transparency is underway and is likely to inform how we interpret the scientific literature for years to come. In the ...
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Biotech professor’s emails show no misconduct in battling anti-GMO propaganda, but Monsanto tie noted

Keith Kloor | 
Michelle McGuire, a nutrition scientist at Washington State University in Pullman, was stunned when anti-GMO activists asked to read her ...
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With Will Saletan’s Slate takedown of anti-GMOers, liberal debate about GMO benefits now over

Jon Entine | 
Slate's subtitle says it all: "The war against genetically modified organisms is full of fearmongering, errors, and fraud. Labeling them ...
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Corn: Debating the importance of corn in feeding the planet

Ricardo Salvador, Tamar Haspel | 
For the Union of Concerned Scientists, Ricardo Salvador writes, in part: Nowhere is the power and prowess of agricultural science ...
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Asthma and Atopic March Syndrome caused by GMOs? Science says ‘No’

Andrew Porterfield, Jon Entine | 
Anti-GMO activists have lumped together a lot of allergic reactions into a syndrome caused by GMOs. Asthma shows how wrong ...
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National Academy forum challenges anti-GMO claim that DNA in food ‘invades’ bloodstream

Mary Mangan | 
Can science self-correct to protect against sloppy or politicized research? Scientist Mary Mangan discusses the controversy over a study that ...
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The Case for GMOs and Sustainability

Jon Entine | 
From conventional breeding to mutagenesis, none of our foods that we eat today is the product of Nature’s way. But ...
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Anti-GMO “Right to Know” movement cashing in on scaring and confusing consumers

Kavin Senapathy | 
We have no right to know if our food is GMO. Why? Because the term “GMO” is an arbitrary classification ...
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Anti-GMO groups obsess about superweeds, the non-existent glyphosate-created pest

Andrew Porterfield, Jon Entine | 
"Superweeds" is a term bandied about by Consumer Reports, the Union of Concerned Scientists and other anti-GMO groups as a ...
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Peak food? Can food tech supercharge crop yields and address global food security?

Rebecca Randall | 
Breakthroughs are helping researchers 'supercharge' photosynthesis and increase rice yields. But anti-GMO critics say food security should focus on distribution, ...
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Cornell Alliance students challenge ‘anti-GMO bullies’ over FOI demand

Kavin Senapathy | 
The Cornell Alliance for Science--a global initiative for science-based communications at Cornell University--has launched a petition to support biotech scientists ...

Conflicting principles: Are anti-GMO groups abusing public records transparency laws?

Keith Kloor | 
A succession of stories in recent weeks involving scientists and open records requests have anguished many who cherish two ideals: academic ...
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Columbia Journalism Review: Anti-GMO group’s records request threatens independent research

Anna Clark | 
U.S. Right to Know, based in Oakland, Calif., has asked at least four universities to turn over all correspondence since ...
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Union of Concerned Scientists join criticism of anti-GMO activist ‘attack’ on university researchers

Alan Levinovitz | 
The legal attack hit Kevin Folta in early February. After receiving a FOIA request from U.S. Right to Know—a nonprofit ...

Response to Union of Concerned Scientists: Fears about Arctic apple are misleading

Steve Savage | 
As a consumer and as an agricultural scientist, I’m looking forward to the introduction of the Arctic® apple, which is nearing ...
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Reflections on the Great Biotech Debate: Dissecting the arguments

Intelligence Squared, an organization that organizes public debates across the globe, holds them in traditional Oxford debating style which pits one team ...
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Anti-GMO Activism and Its Impact on Food Security

Kevin Folta | 
Activists have dismissed the opinions of the world’s leading scientists to undermine public trust in the benefits of GM crops ...
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GMO DEBATE RECAP: Battle over Biotechnology—Public backs GM research and farming

Kevin Folta | 
I was really excited to watch the Intelligence Squared debate. I've been looking forward to it for seemingly ages. Bottom ...
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In wake of GMO debate defeat, antis throw leaders under the bus?

Jon Entine | 
Within minutes after the routing of anti-GMO scientists Margaret Mellon and Charles Benbrook at Wednesday's Intelligence Squared debate--the motion in favor of ...
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Battle over Biotechnology: Pro and anti GMO scientists square off

Jon Entine | 
Intelligence Squared will be hosting the first high profile debate among scientists over genetically modified food in years. Viewers can ...

GMO breeding: Years of practice but still divisive

Aida Akl | 
Proponents and critics of genetic modification (GM) have been arguing over the potential impact of genetically modified organisms (GMO) on ...
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GLP interactive infographic: Which GMO experts should you trust?

Who are the most experienced, trained, independent and trustworthy scientists and commentators on the GMO debate? Anti-GMO advocacy groups promote ...
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Mutagenesis: One way Europeans wish it was 1936 again

Hank Campbell | 
Want to use ionizing radiation and mutagenic chemicals to create herbicide-resistant crops without the messy GMO protests? Mutagenesis is the ...
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Critics say new multi herbicide resistant GMO crops will exacerbate ‘superweed’ problem

Lindsay Abrams | 
Move over, Roundup Ready crops. After gaining USDA approval last week, new generation of genetically modified corn and soybeans is ...

Anti-GMO critics dominate National Academy of Sciences crop biotech evaluation

Chris Clayton | 
The first two days of hearings on the latest round of scientific review for biotech crops and genetically engineered foods ...
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GLP’s Jon Entine cautions National Academy of Sciences about views of anti-science NGOs

Jon Entine | 
The GLP's executive director speaks at the National Academy of Sciences, which embarks on a comprehensive study of the “purported” ...
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