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Anti-GMO group March Against Monsanto promotes, profits from anti-vaccine ads

Mark Lynas | 
Visit the March Against Monsanto website and you'll see a strange ad peppering the pages, among the usual dubious stories about ...
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Ben and Jerry’s announces organic dairy line in Europe, pledges ‘no glyphosate traces’

Arthur Nelsen | 
Ben & Jerry’s has moved to cut all glyphosate-tainted ingredients from its production chain and introduce an “organic dairy” line ...
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Junk science: Journal paid to publish ‘food industry conspiracy’ paper—funded by organic industry

Hank Campbell | 
Gary Ruskin, the chief junkyard dog of US Right To Know, an industry front group created by Organic Consumers Association ...
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9 misdirected arguments against GMOs

Layla Katiraee | 
When discussing GMOs, many arguments are put forth on why they are “bad” and should be avoided. A molecular geneticist ...
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Unraveling the paradox: Why GMO drugs and GMO foods are treated differently by critics

Ben Locwin | 
Many of the people who express outrage over genetic modification of crops because it 'tinkers with nature' are supportive of ...
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Behind the NY Times glyphosate fiasco: Why anti-GMO activists turned on Ben & Jerry’s

Kevin Folta | 
The pile-on against Ben & Jerry's — "outed" for having traces of glyphosate in its ice creams — seems like ...
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Parts per billion trace amounts of glyphosate herbicide found in Ben & Jerry’s ice cream

Stephanie Strom | 
A growing number of foods commonly found in kitchens across America have tested positive for glyphosate, the herbicide that is ...
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Herbicide-tainted Ben & Jerry’s ice cream? NY Times falls for anti-science group’s dubious attack on glyphosate

Kevin Folta | 
The Organic Consumers Association uses junk science testing organization to claim ice cream contains trace parts-per-billion of glyphosate—at least tens ...
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Viewpoint: California activists ‘gamed system’ to get glyphosate herbicide labeled as carcinogen

Hank Campbell | 
Environmental activists found the perfect targets to help them defame the popular herbicide glyphosate — widely-accepted as safe — in ...
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Opinion: Bloomberg journalists botch another anti-Monsanto article

Hank Campbell | 
[Editor's note: Hank Campbell is president of the American Council on Science and Health.] Bloomberg Businessweek has written another anti-Monsanto article.... It's ...
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Monsanto’s hidden influence? Glyphosate’s future in hands of EPA and the courts

Peter Waldman et al. | 
Roundup has revolutionized farming. Now, human health and Bayer’s $66 billion deal for Monsanto depend on an honest appraisal of ...
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Opinion: GMO opponents in ‘frenzied heat’ trying to discredit Food Evolution movie

Joan Conrow | 
Michael Pollan, Marion Nestle and other anti-GMO activists have complained that the documentary Food Evolution is nothing more than a ...
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Opinion | Putin’s ‘sock puppets’: How Russia ‘uses’ anti-GMO activists to undermine crop biotech and science

Henry Miller | 
In its promotion of 'fake news,' Russia is committed to undermining US technological advantages by using anti-GMO activists to spread ...
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Food Evolution’s NYC premiere proof science and reason can win over GMO skeptics

Hank Campbell | 
Change is hard. But a skeptical New York City crowd's reaction to Food Evolution, a new documentary about GMOs, provides ...
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‘Inextricably linked’ anti-vaccine and anti-GMO movements cause preventable suffering

Kavin Senapathy | 
[Editor's note: Read the GLP's recent coverage of the Organic Consumers Association's and other anti-GMO groups' links to the anti-vaccine ...
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Genetic Literacy Project’s Top 6 Stories for the Week – May 15, 2017

Video: Obama on GMOs — ‘Humanity has always engaged in genetic modifications’ Anti-vax Organic Consumers Association, linked to measles outbreak, ...
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‘Naturalistic fallacy’: Explaining anti-GMO—anti-vaccine ideological and financial links

Alex Berezow | 
Both the anti-GMO movement and the anti-vaccine movement are predicated on the myth that "natural" is better. They also share ...
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Anti-vax Organic Consumers Association, linked to measles outbreak, has deep ties to anti-GMO conspiracist USRTK

Mary Mangan | 
The Organic Consumers Association uses its sizable budget to fund front groups, like Gary Ruskin's US Right to Know, that ...
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Merchants of doubt: US Right to Know’s latest smear targets public-service-focused Canadian scientist

Kevin Folta | 
A familiar pattern is emerging, and if you love science and respect scientists it should give you chills. This week ...
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US Right to Know’s Gary Ruskin linked to anti-science Russian ‘fake news’ site

Alex Berezow | 
[Editor's note: Alex Berezow is a senior fellow of biomedical science at the American Council on Science and Health.] RT is the ...
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Worst 10 list: Advocacy groups that put ideology ahead of science on food and farming issues

Andrew Porterfield | 
Which organizations promote ideology over science in the debate over crop biotechnology? The list includes some of the most well-known ...
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Scientist for hire? Does anti-neonic activist David Goulson produce pre-determined ‘research’ for funders?

Jon Entine | 
Leading UK sustainability researcher embroiled in a scandal over alleged manipulation of European bee health advisory group takes NGO advocacy ...
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GMO advocate at faux Monsanto tribunal: My registration canceled and I was forcibly removed

David Zaruk | 
Just before the Monsanto Tribunal began, David Zaruk held an event entitled Voice of Farmers, featuring talks from four farmers ...
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Alison Van Eenennaam: Anti-GMO activists target public scientists

Alison Van Eenennaam | 
As the mock trial circus winds down in the Hague, fringe anti-GMO activists plan to reinvigorate their targeting of independent ...
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‘Crimes Against Humanity’? Who is behind the International Monsanto Tribunal circus?

Julie Kelly | 
Anti-GMO activists are gathering at The Hague this weekend to “hold Monsanto accountable for human-rights violations, for crimes against humanity, ...

With Bayer acquiring ‘Monsatan’, anti-GMO activists need new bogeyman

Hank Campbell | 
The German conglomerate Bayer has agreed to buy Monsanto ... Now the speculation has turned to American anti-science groups and how ...
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Who funds the grassroots anti-GMO movement?

Michelle Miller | 
A farmer discusses the tactics of anti-GMO leaders and how they use grassroots movements to promote organic products ...
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