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Viewpoint: Understanding risk—Why does trace pesticide residue spark intense fear?
At speaking engagements, I would often remind audiences of Bruce Ames’ quote on coffee and pesticides. In an attempt to ...
Viewpoint: Fears grow that the biotechnology revolution could pass the United States by. What can be done?
Eric Schmidt, a commissioner on the federal National Security Commission on Emerging Biotechnology and formerly the CEO and Chairman of ...
Viewpoint: With the help of ‘useful idiot’ activists, Russian propaganda targets US national security and public health
Recent Russian clandestine attempts to use “authentic” U.S. media and social media influencers to corrupt elections are hardly surprising, considering ...
How do we know when we need to pee? It’s surprisingly complex — and can go awry as we age
You’re driving somewhere, eyes on the road, when you start to feel a tingling sensation in your lower abdomen. That ...
Top 10 countries growing genetically modified (GM) crops
The United States had the largest area of genetically modified crops worldwide in 2023, at 74.4 million hectares, followed by ...
Viewpoint: Here’s a reform roadmap to guide regulators as they seek to modernize oversight of the fast-innovating agricultural biotechnology industry
In 1986, the United States established a “Coordinated Framework for the Regulation of Biotechnology.” In the decades since, this policy ...
Colchicine surprise: As America’s heart disease crisis escalates, repurposing an older drug originally designed to address a different malady could save millions of lives
“Live long and prosper?” Maybe that Star Trek Vulcan blessing needs a rethink in the United States. ...
When Greenpeace wins, we all lose: The cynical war on genetically engineered crops grinds on
"Their eyes tell their sad stories as ghostly white irises give way to vacant stares. We can look at them, ...
Breakthough Institute: Are cover crops the silver bullet to reduce agricultural carbon emissions as regenerative-farming enthusiasts claim? Time for a rethink
Cover cropping, the practice of planting secondary crops during the off-season to improve soil health, has roots stretching back to ...
Concerned you may have a food allergy? Don’t waste your money on ‘sensitivity tests’
Food “sensitivity” tests are sold direct-to-consumer and marketed as an easy and convenient way to detect an individual’s reactions to ...
Viewpoint: CNN joins list of media organizations snookered by Environmental Defense Fund claims that methylene chloride in decaffeinated coffee poses health hazards
If you've already read this recent story on the CNN news site, perhaps it's not too late to get back the ...
Viewpoint: Rising drug prices and shortages now fueled in part by the very reform mechanism promised to curtail them
You’ve heard this many times before: The American health system is failing to deliver in part because of ever-rising drug ...
Viewpoint: Zombie ‘Moms Across America’ tries to link non-carcinogenic glyphosate to Celiac disease, autism and other health disorders
I can’t wait for the day when anti-science activists decide to cling to an entirely different pesticide to fixate on ...
“Extinction” echoes Jurassic Park, with a Pleistocene epoch backdrop
Multiple spoiler alert! In the classic film Jurassic Park (JP), disasters unfurl at a theme park populated with dinosaurs cloned from ...
RFK Jr., Andrew Wakefield and other vaccine rejectionists have long claimed shots contain ‘harmful’ mercury. Here’s the science challenging the bogus representations
Vaccines don't contain 'harmful mercury': Misinformation around vaccines and thimerosal has persisted for decades ...
What’s next for GMO corn and herbicides in the wake of Mexico’s latest presidential election?
Thomas Jefferson famously noted that "[T]he greatest service which can be rendered any country is to add a useful plant to its ...
Viewpoint: ‘Organic products are safer for consumers than conventional products?’— In Canada, 46% of organic produce tests positive for pesticide residue
Over and over, the term ‘organic’ is used as an umbrella for a variety of qualitative features in food. There ...
Andrew Wakefield and the fabricated history of the alleged vaccine-autism link
The claim that vaccines cause autism is entirely false. Extensive research has consistently shown no link between vaccines and autism. In ...
Are GMOs causing an increase in allergies?
The potential for allergies from foods with genetically modified ingredients is no higher than that in any food, including organics ...
CRISPR gene editing applications are expanding dramatically in agriculture. Here are the latest advances
In the past decade, after the release of CRISPR-Cas9 as a genome-editing tool, it has revolutionized biological research. CRISPR and ...
Tales from the front lines in the ‘vaccine wars’: Review of Peter Hotez’s Book, ‘The Deadly Rise of Anti-Science’
“If I don’t write this or stand up for vaccines, then who will?” That is what motivates the activism of ...
Addiction rewires the brain on a genetic level. As we learn more, new avenues for treatment come into focus
Addictive substances like alcohol and drugs can overwhelm the natural reward pathways in your brain, resulting in reduced impulse control ...
Viewpoint: Are organizations claimed as “partners” with tort industry-funded Heartland Study aware of the scam? Here’s an ‘open letter’ challenge
Multiple science communicators and scientists have composed a letter to various universities and government organizations that have been linked to ...
Russia’s shadowy disinformation war against the United States and its allies — Here are some of its key targets
Russia’s decades-old propaganda machine seeks to damage the health and prosperity of the country's adversaries. Ukraine and the United States ...
Viewpoint: Righteous Risks — Here’s how (and why) environmental advocacy groups misrepresent the risks from innovations but cynically ignore genuine dangers
Synthetic pesticides are under constant regulatory pressure, but not organic pesticides. “Green” renewables and EVs have very little regulatory scrutiny ...
Part I — Viewpoint: Why is trust in scientific research at an all time low?
The validity of much published scientific research is questionable – so how much trust should we place in it? ...
Viewpoint: American Academy of Pediatrics fiasco — International Agency for the Research on Cancer is the cancer at the heart of the anti-glyphosate movement
In today’s world, due to the lopsided impact of the bullshit asymmetry principle, the internet is overflowing with misinformation. However, amidst ...
