Michael Hansen
Consumer Reports ‘pesticides in produce’ guide sidesteps science, promotes organics
Consumer Reports 30-page “From Crop to Table: Pesticide Use in Produce” stumbles yet again on the science and is heavy ...
Consumer Reports, anti-GMOers bizarre attack on Bt pesticide used by organic farmers
There goes Consumer Reports again, with another scientifically illiterate attack on conventional agriculture and genetic engineering, this time targeting Bt ...
Arsenic in your food? Scared? Shouldn’t be, but if so there’s a GMO fix
Arsenic levels are high in rice and rice products, since the rice plants take it up from groundwater. New research ...
GMO distributors can be jailed in Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan can jail any person - importers or salespersons – engaged in sale of genetically modified products in the country ...
Anti-GMO groups obsess about superweeds, the non-existent glyphosate-created pest
"Superweeds" is a term bandied about by Consumer Reports, the Union of Concerned Scientists and other anti-GMO groups as a ...
Would GMO labeling cause $500 increase in grocery bill?
A study by Cornell University Professor William Lesser found that if GMO labeling is required in New York, a family of ...
Watch scientist challenge the scare-promoting Food Babe
Food Babe has built her career on denigrating scientists, farmers and food experts. Then she encountered Alison Bernstein, aka Mommy ...
Anti-GMO groups lobby fast food restaurants to not sell GM apple or potato
Consumer advocacy groups are asking Burger King, Wendy’s, Subway and Dunkin' Donuts for commitments not to sell the genetically engineered ...
5 reasons how Consumer Reports rejects science on GMOs
Consumer Reports is escalating its opposition to GMO foods. Now, even responses to subscriber/customer inquiries are met with the a ...
Concerned consumers can easily avoid non-labeled foods with GMOs
The failure of Measure 92 in Oregon's last election, which would have required genetically modified food to be labeled, has ...
New York Times’ writer addresses GMO labeling issue, leaves out the science
There are few industry debates as heated these days as the one about labeling foods that contain genetically modified ingredients ...
Scientific consensus on GMO safety stronger than for global warming, PEW research center finds
Scientists blame the media and the lack of quality K-12 STEM education for large differences between public opinion and scientific ...
Will gene editing and other new GM techniques sidestep controversy over ‘foreign’ genes?
Scotts Miracle-Gro Company is developing genetically modified grass that would need less mowing, be a deeper green and be resistant to ...
Confessions of Boulder, Colorado liberal: Why I opposed GMO ‘right to know’ bill
One Colorado resident reviews the evidence and changed her mind on various proposals for the mandatory labeling of GMOs ...
Better organically-bred seeds could revolutionize food system
Wasn’t organic seed just seed plucked from plants grown without chemicals, and if so, what was the big deal? Even ...
After Kevin Folta challenge, South Florida Science Center invites real scientist to GMO debate
The chair of the University of Florida Horticultural Studies Department publicly called out the South Florida Science Center for sponsoring ...
Consumer Reports challenged for spreading misinformation on GMO labeling campaigns
Consumer Reports is widely known as a respectable organization that reviews and tests products on behalf of consumers. It is ...
Consumer Reports: Most processed foods labeled “natural” contain GMOs
A majority of U.S. packaged foods labeled as "natural" and tested by Consumer Reports actually contained a substantial level of ...
Leaked memo highlights new axis of pseudoscience between Dr. Oz and Consumer Reports?
Are Consumer Reports and Dr. Oz teaming up to spread pseudoscience? The GLP has obtained an in house Consumer Reports ...
Consumer Reports claims mandatory GMO labels won’t raise food prices, ignoring research
Opponents of GE labeling laws cite high labeling costs from some published studies. Consumers Union and other labeling proponents cite ...
Consumer Reports finds GMOs in Xochitl ‘Non GMO’ corn chips, spreads anti-bio misinformation
Consumer Reports finds genetically engineered corn in "natural" junk food labeled "No GMO"—and in the process spreads unnecessary fear about ...
National Academy of Sciences releases videos of GMO panel presentations, schedules public webinar
The National Academy of Sciences' has posted videos of the presentations and discussions from the September 15-16 genetically engineered crop ...
Oregon GMO label advocates release first TV ads
The Yes on 92 campaign, the largest proponent of Oregon’s labeling measure, launched its first two ads on September 23. The ...
Anti-GMO critics dominate National Academy of Sciences crop biotech evaluation
The first two days of hearings on the latest round of scientific review for biotech crops and genetically engineered foods ...
GLP’s Jon Entine cautions National Academy of Sciences about views of anti-science NGOs
The GLP's executive director speaks at the National Academy of Sciences, which embarks on a comprehensive study of the “purported” ...
At National Academy of Sciences, GMO critics say technology is “failing”
A full slate of anti-GMO luminaries, including Gilles-Erich Seralini and representatives from the Center for Food Safety, Union of Concerned ...
Viewpoint: Neither individuals nor (especially) the government should support ‘National Politically Correct Radio’
This article originally ran at Forbes and has been republished here with permission of the author. NPR–“National Politically Correct Radio”–has ...
