Union of Concerned Scientists
GMOs don’t hurt anyone, but opposing them does
How do you demonize scientists who added 3 genes to the 30,000 in rice in order to stop vitamin A ...
Biotech crops do not produce new allergens or toxins
The idea that GM crops might result in novel allergens is "at best wildly misleading and at worse an all-out ...
California’s activist court rules that GM alfalfa is not a pest
Despite a track record spotted with anti-science activist positions, California's 9th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the lower court's determination ...
Union of Concerned Scientists embraces anti-science views on crop biotech
The following is an edited excerpt. Let me begin by saying I love the Union of Concerned Scientists. They’ve been ...
Monsanto Protection Act? Separating the facts from the fury
The so-called "Monsanto Protection Act" is hardly the “most dangerous food act ever” or a “terrifying piece of policy," as ...
Is there really a science-based GMO controversy? False balance captures Discover magazine
Discover's cover story on the anti-biotech movement gives unwarranted weight to anti-GM activists and in the process raises questions about ...
Will GM tech save coffee in the face of climate change?
The following is an excerpt. Some hysterical types are worried that because the industry has focused on one particular genetically ...
GMOs and The Mark Lynas Conversion: Round Two Roundup
The GLP digs through the fallout from Mark Lynas's public "conversion" from anti-GMO to pro-science activist ...
High hopes for drought-resistant corn
The United States is having one of the worst droughts recorded in over 50 years. More than three-quarters of U.S ...
Scientists take shot at Monsanto’s drought tolerant corn
The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) has issued a report saying that Monsanto's new drought-tolerant corn, DroughtGard, might not yield ...
