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Scotland accused of playing politics, subverting science with GMO ban
Scotland’s government has decided to prohibit the growing of genetically modified crops. Their main rationale is to avoid any possibility that premium ...
EU fights ‘STOP TTIP’ activists campaign maligning US crops with YouTube videos
In early 2013, President Barack Obama's call for a U.S.-EU trade deal generated such optimism in Europe that the graffiti ...
‘Graph’ of human genome will reflect every possible combination of genes
The Human Genome Project was one of mankind’s greatest triumphs. But the official gene map that resulted in 2003, known ...
Human germline editing debate needs public discourse more than moratorium
Three high-profile scientific statements published in quick succession called for various kinds of moratoria on research on and/or use of ...
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 ...
Genome tracking tech could make improve food safety and reduce food fraud
Each year foodborne illnesses caused by these microorganisms sicken 48 million Americans, hospitalize 128,000 and kill 3,000.... Food fraud is ...
Deposed EU scientific advisor Anne Glover says Greenpeace lied to oust her
The former chief scientific adviser to the European commission has accused environmental groups of “manufacturing” claims that they knew to ...
Viewpoint: ‘The science of things that aren’t so’ should not drive public policy
This article originally ran at Forbes and has been republished here with permission of the author. The quality and reproducibility ...
New generation herbicide-tolerant soybeans, cotton gain USDA approval
Monsanto Co. received final U.S. approval on Thursday for herbicide-tolerant crops to be used with a new herbicide the company ...
GMO rejections suggest Europeans becoming more hostile to science and technology
The continent of Galileo and Darwin is not about to cast off its glorious heritage. But the boffins have given cause ...
Are Europeans too cautious about science?
At the end of a hard year Europe’s leaders are grappling with familiar problems—how to revive gasping economies, what to do ...
Beegate 3: Conflicts of interest dog European IUCN bee panel as nenonic ban devastates crops
Crops are failing in the first year of the neonicotinoid ban, anti-neonic scientists are tainted by conflicts of interest, the ...
Kenya’s maize famine underscores need for Africa to confront GMO fears
Kenya could lose a third of its maize crop to a lethal virus. Is it time that Kenya and Africa ...
EPA accomplice in environmentalists’ war on neonics?
The Environmental Protection Agency is arguably the worst regulatory agency in the history of the world. But perhaps I understate ...
Viewpoint: A wake-up call for US farmers: The EPA is trying to put you out of business
This article originally appeared at Forbes and has been republished here with permission of the author. The Environmental Protection Agency ...
Philosophers pan agricultural genetic modification
In 1999, the eminent journal Science published a special issue on plant biotechnology, which, according to Article 2 of the ...
How to sell a toxic pesticide the smart way–call it organic
Puzzled about how organic pesticides and synthetic ones have such a different perception among Whole Foods shoppers? Here is an ...
Ag companies accused of using ‘dangerous pesticides’ at Kaua’i test farms
The bodies and minds of children living on the Hawaiian island of Kaua‘i are being threatened by exposure to chlorpyrifos, ...
In rejecting GMO shipments, is China more protective of health of its citizens than US?
Despite the exultation by some over seemingly anti-GMO policies coming from China, actions of Beijing are better understood as hardball ...
Peer review on controversial science issues letting all of us down
There have been a slew of reports raising questions about the reproducibility of peer reviewed studies. But there is another ...
Can ‘Big Data’ help sidestep the controversy over GMOs and the future of food
Inside a squat building on San Francisco’s 10th Street, packed into a space that looks a lot like a high ...
General Mills buys Annie’s, GMO opponents go berserk
The announcement that General Mills is buying Annie's touched off raving commotion on social media about the 'natural foods' company ...
Will anti-GM Europe change its mind about GM foods?
While the United States, Canada, Brazil, Argentina and China and many other countries have warmly embraced genetically modified crops, Europe ...
Anti-GMO organizations join lawsuit defending Kauai ban
A federal judge has agreed to allow the Center for Food Safety, Earthjustice and several other organizations to join a lawsuit to defend ...
How anti-biotech groups leveraged fear of pesticides to pass Kauai anti-GMO bill
The feast of fear that was intentionally served up to pass Bill 2491, the pesticide/GMO regulatory bill, is now serving ...
Activist-scientists slam biotech under UN banner
Organic activists have released a statement about the need to switch to a system that recognizes farmers as both producers ...
Invitro meat and the future vegan carnivore
Chef Richard McGeown has faced bigger culinary challenges in his distinguished career than frying a meat patty in a little ...