Michael Hansen
Got soy? Consumer Reports drives off anti-science, anti-GMO cliff savaging conventional soy milk
Are you one of the millions of people who enjoy soy milk as an alternative to the dairy variety? Well, ...
NGOs usually considered trustworthy, but often not when it comes to GMOs
Non-profits are usually considered trustworthy, especially compared to corporations and governments. But when it comes to genetically modified foods, they ...
Video: GLP’s Entine challenges Consumer Reports anti-GMO (anti-consumer?) stance on FOX’s Stossel
Almost 90 percent of all corn and soybeans in the United States are grown from seeds that were genetically modified. GM research has now ...
Danger in food scares over GMOs almost never real, but fear itself kills
It's easy to scare people about what's in their food, but the danger is almost never real. And the fear ...
Information about GMOs missing on food labels
The Food and Drug Administration does not require clear identification and labeling of food products made with genetically engineered plants ...
GMO science denialists? ENSSER challenges WHO, National Academy of Sciences on GM safety
When activist anti-GMO writers like Michael Pollan challenge the National Academy of Sciences and other global science bodies that have ...
GMO science denialists? ENSSER challenges WHO, National Academy of Sciences on GM safety
When activist anti-GMO writers like Michael Pollan challenge the National Academy of Sciences and other global science bodies that have ...
Consumer Union’s Michael Hansen accused of misleading legislators on GMO safety
The ideologically driven, anti-technology campaign to restrict access to safe, sustainable and affordable foods improved through biotechnology got a boost ...
Consumers Union claims ideology not issue, cites “safety and economic concerns” for proposed GMO ban in Jackson, Oregon
The Mail Tribune urges readers, in their April 27 editorial, to "Believe science, not ideology, in GMO debate." Consumers Union, ...
Hidden costs in GMO labeling
Mandatory GMO labeling would require a huge addition in infrastructure needed to segregate grain. True traceability in our food supply ...
Does the Union of Concerned Scientists’s Doug Gurian-Sherman misrepresent GMOs?
Do advances in conventional breeding make genetic engineering unnecessary? That's the controversial claim by Union of Concerned Scientist's Doug Gurian-Sherman, ...
Video: Hofstra GMO debate highlights science v precautionary fears
Scientists and other professionals debate whether regulations on GMOs should be tighter or less restrictive ...
Ugly glare on Union of Concerned Scientists, Consumers Union, journalists as RNA-GMO danger link disintegrates
The Union of Concerned Scientists, Consumers Union and other prominent anti-GMO journalists are silent after several reputable science publications severely ...
Biofortified debates Consumers Union over GMO regulation, safety and labeling
Watch as two scientists debate the GMO controversy, covering a range of topics including general safety, feeding studies and the ...
Consumers Union says labeling would not raise food prices, backs I-522
On Nov. 5, Washington state residents will vote on Initiative 522, a referendum that would require labels on foods that are ...
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 ...
The organic hepatitis outbreak: We need organic field testing
A recent outbreak of hepatitis A infections from the consumption of organic frozen berries highlights the problem with the organic ...
In wake of Oregon wheat controversy, US News hosts debate on GE foods
The following is an edited excerpt. GE wheat that had not been approved for public consumption was recently found in ...
Trader Joe’s under fire for selling GMOs
The following is an edited excerpt. Grocery chain Trader Joe's is now the focus of an effort by the Consumers ...
An NYU panel debate on GMO labeling
The following is an edited excerpt. Last Thursday, the NYU Global Center for Academic & Spiritual Life, in conjunction with GMO ...
No labeling needed when consumers know the whole truth
The following is an excerpt. Shop at Whole Foods. Spend your Whole Paycheck. That’s the popular description of the upscale ...
Opening minds to science, technology and genetic engineering
Genetic modification is neither good nor bad. Like any technology it is a tool. Like nuclear technology, fracking or advanced ...
Personalized genomic medicine: How much can it really empower patients? – Science Codex
Personalized genomic medicine is hailed as a revolution that will empower patients to take control of their own health care, ...
Genetically engineered rice: Protection from arsenic?
In an article this week, Consumer Reports is calling on the Food and Drug Administration to set standards for how ...
Food labeling: Should environmentalists be pro-GM?
Half a century on from Rachel Carson’s seminal Silent Spring, debate rages over GM food labeling proposals ...
AquaBounty GM salmon on the ropes? How anti-biotech campaigners strangle innovation through regulation overkill
With a final decision by the FDA approving for commercial sales Aqua Bounty Technologies genetically modified salmon, the biotechnology company ...
