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Are GMO-free Cheerios just a cynical marketing gimmick?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Big Giant Cereal Companies ...
Activists behind Zika virus conspiracy theories, Argentine pesticide birth defect scare
South America's suffering from a number of epidemics. The worst one may just be misinformation ...
‘Beepocalypse’? How US honey bee population is fairing
There has been an ongoing vigorous debate about the health of the American bee population. Bees play a key role ...
Pesticide phobia: Everyday foods filled with (unharmful) pesticides
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. While the perilous p-word ...
Chronic exposure to neonicotinoid pesticide has no adverse effect on bumblebees
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. In recent years, many ...
France moves step closer to total ban on neonicotinoid pesticides
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. French lawmakers approved plans ...
Evolutionary genetics found roots in early 20th century fruit flies
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Genetics is a science ...
Talking Biotech: Monsanto’s Fred Perlak talks efficacy, safety of insect resistant GMO crops in agriculture; Kevin Folta answers questions about use of insect resistant GMO
Monsanto scientist, insecticide resistant crops expert Fred Perlak stops by to talk safety, efficacy; Folta addresses Bt concerns from listeners ...
Jonathan Lundgren says USDA is censoring him for criticizing neonicotinoids: What’s the truth?
Activists see Lundgren as the next Percy Schmeiser — a critic of conventional agriculture whose views are suppressed in a ...
11 GMO Myths, Part II: Do GMOs pose health and ecological dangers?
Part two, of a two-part series debunking myths about GMOs , deals with myths about GMO's purported negative impacts on ...
English farmers plant less rapeseed due to pest problems linked to restrictions on neonics
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. England could be set ...
Canadian farmers concerned introduction of GMO alfalfa could hurt foreign sales
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A select group of ...
Was activist scientist Jonathan Lundgren, neonicotinoid critic, silenced by USDA?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. As a USDA-ARS employee, ...
Instead of GMO citrus greening solution, Florida officials seek permission to spray antibiotics
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Florida’s Department of Agriculture ...
Bee health update: Latest field studies conclude neonicotinoids not key problem
A spate of recent studies appear to show potential links between neonic usage and bee health--until you look into the ...
Monarch continued sharp recovery in 2015 casts doubt on claim glyphosate caused decline
NGOs blame the herbicide glyphosate for the decline of the monarch butterfly. But while glyphosate is still being sprayed, a ...
Hershey dumps sugar for… sugar. For food companies in GMO crosshairs, perception trumps science
Sugar is sugar whether it comes from sugarbeets or sugar cane — sucrose contains no DNA. But anti-GMO activists are ...
Lawmakers ask EPA to reconsider approval of Enlist Duo herbicide
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Thirty-five members of Congress ...
Organic produce has pesticide residues too
Current levels of pesticides in conventional and organic foods pose no harm to humans, but it should be noted that ...
Climate change historian Naomi Oreskes rejects consensus on nuclear energy, GMOs
The Harvard historian has attacked climate change critics for ignoring the science consensus. But when it comes to evaluating biotechnology ...
Are neonicotinoids in foods affecting our health?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Neonicotinoids. . . have been ...
Does wiping out all mosquitos to protect against disease carry consequences?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. There are 3,500 known ...
Bayer backtracks on EPA’s negative assessment of popular neonicotinoid
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Pharmaceutical giant Bayer has said it ...
EPA’s assessment of neonics in citrus ‘misleading,’ threatens citrus industry
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. On January 6 the ...
Purdue entomologist: ‘No such thing as colony collapse disorder, we can use neonics safely’
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A Purdue University entomologist’s ...
Here’s new news about pesticides and bees
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Bees are struggling, and ...
Neonics, genetic engineering can save U.S. citrus industry from greening disease
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Farmers in the major ...
Scientist who developed CRISPR reflects on year of ethical debate
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Some 20 months ago, ...