Scotland accused of playing politics, subverting science with GMO ban

Andy Coghlan | 
Scotland’s government has decided to prohibit the growing of genetically modified crops. Their main rationale is to avoid any possibility that premium ...
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EU fights ‘STOP TTIP’ activists campaign maligning US crops with YouTube videos

Robin Emmot | 
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

Antonio Regalado | 
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

Jessica Cussins | 
Three high-profile scientific statements published in quick succession called for various kinds of moratoria on research on and/or use of ...
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Anti-GMO groups lobby fast food restaurants to not sell GM apple or potato

Lydia Wheeler | 
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

Jill Neimark | 
Each year foodborne illnesses caused by these microorganisms sicken 48 million Americans, hospitalize 128,000 and kill 3,000.... Food fraud is ...
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Deposed EU scientific advisor Anne Glover says Greenpeace lied to oust her

Hannah Devlin | 
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

Viewpoint: ‘The science of things that aren’t so’ should not drive public policy

Henry Miller | 
This article originally ran at Forbes and has been republished here with permission of the author. The quality and reproducibility ...
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New generation herbicide-tolerant soybeans, cotton gain USDA approval

Carey Gillam | 
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

Beegate 3: Conflicts of interest dog European IUCN bee panel as nenonic ban devastates crops

David Zaruk | 
Crops are failing in the first year of the neonicotinoid ban, anti-neonic scientists are tainted by conflicts of interest, the ...
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Kenya’s maize famine underscores need for Africa to confront GMO fears

Arvind Suresh | 
Kenya could lose a third of its maize crop to a lethal virus. Is it time that Kenya and Africa ...
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EPA accomplice in environmentalists’ war on neonics?

Henry Miller | 
The Environmental Protection Agency is arguably the worst regulatory agency in the history of the world. But perhaps I understate ...
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Viewpoint: A wake-up call for US farmers: The EPA is trying to put you out of business

Henry Miller | 
This article originally appeared at Forbes and has been republished here with permission of the author. The Environmental Protection Agency ...
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Philosophers pan agricultural genetic modification

Michael Marder, Monica Gagliano | 
In 1999, the eminent journal Science published a special issue on plant biotechnology, which, according to Article 2 of the ...
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How to sell a toxic pesticide the smart way–call it organic

Hank Campbell | 
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

Paul Koberstein | 
The bodies and minds of children living on the Hawaiian island of Kaua‘i are being threatened by exposure to chlorpyrifos, ...
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In rejecting GMO shipments, is China more protective of health of its citizens than US?

Marc Brazeau | 
Despite the exultation by some over seemingly anti-GMO policies coming from China, actions of Beijing are better understood as hardball ...
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Peer review on controversial science issues letting all of us down

Hank Campbell | 
There have been a slew of reports raising questions about the reproducibility of peer reviewed studies. But there is another ...
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Can ‘Big Data’ help sidestep the controversy over GMOs and the future of food

Cade Metz | 
Inside a squat building on San Francisco’s 10th Street, packed into a space that looks a lot like a high ...
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General Mills buys Annie’s, GMO opponents go berserk

Kavin Senapathy | 
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

Anita Hofschneider | 
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

Joan Conrow | 
The feast of fear that was intentionally served up to pass Bill 2491, the pesticide/GMO regulatory bill, is now serving ...
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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

Julian Baggini | 
Chef Richard McGeown has faced bigger culinary challenges in his distinguished career than frying a meat patty in a little ...
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