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Viewpoint: Whitewash — How four obstructionist journals and their academic enablers are corrupting reporting on the science of chemicals and crop biotechnology

Genetic Literacy Project | 
In 2022 and 2023, two papers analyzing the intersection of genetic engineering and disinformation were published. Neither were in very ...
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Anti-GMO activists take page out of anti-chemical and anti-BPA lobby, targeting the ‘black box’ of endocrine disruption

Genetic Literacy Project | 
Anti-GMO activists are taking a page out of the anti-chemical lobby in claiming that genetic modification can disrupt normal endocrine ...
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Protecting honeybees and wild bees from neonicotinoid pesticides? As environmentalists and politicians lobby for bans, science takes a backseat

Genetic Literacy Project | 
There has been a recent surge in the number and intensity of campaigns by environmental groups lobbying to ban many ...
Did you hear the story about the GMO that nearly destroyed the world?

Did you hear the story about the GMO that nearly destroyed the world?

Genetic Literacy Project | 
An old myth has resurfaced that a GMO almost destroyed all life on Earth — but what's the real story? ...
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6 fake news websites stoking fear about crops grown from genetically-engineered seeds

Genetic Literacy Project | 
"Fake news" may be new to most people, but not to followers of the anti-GMO debate. Here are some of ...
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Russia banned GMOs years ago to distinguish itself from the United States. What’s its current stance toward genetic engineering, CRISPR and other New Breeding Techniques?

Genetic Literacy Project | 
Russia's decision to ban importation and cultivation of GMOs made sense from a political perspective. But it's a decision the ...
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Ramazzini — The backstory of the ‘independent’ Italian organization that partners with IARC, the multi-billion dollar ‘toxic predatort’ industry, and anti-chemical environmental groups

Genetic Literacy Project | 
In recent years, the Bologna-based Ramazzini Institute has found the following substance or situations "linked to" or "associated with" with ...
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Anti-biotech activists claim biotech crops promote “unsustainable” monoculture? Let’s separate facts from ideology

Genetic Literacy Project | 
Biotech critics frequently claim that conventional agriculture and GMOs promote monoculture farming, which is harmful to biodiversity. A closer look ...
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Agriculture and climate change: Taking the best of all farming systems could tip the carbon scale in the right direction

Genetic Literacy Project | 
Agriculture contributes a significant portion of the world's climate-changing greenhouse gases. In turn, changes in climate will reduce agricultural yields ...
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Viewpoint: Could crop biotechnology mitigate dislocations from climate change? Anti-GMO activists say ‘no’. Here’s why they are wrong

Genetic Literacy Project | 
We’ve heard a lot about climate change, and its impact on crops, especially in tropical and sub-tropical regions of the ...
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Viewpoint: Anti-GMO activists, from Organic Consumers Association to Joe Mercola to Vandana Shiva, formed an alliance. Why this is good news for biotech and science supporters

Genetic Literacy Project | 
Alliances and networks is the new game plan among anti-GM activists. Recently, Organic Consumers Association [read GLP profile head Ronnie ...
Myth busting on pesticides: Despite demonization, organic farmers widely use them

Myth busting on pesticides: Despite demonization, organic farmers widely use them

Genetic Literacy Project | 
Anti-GMO activists like to point to organic food as free of pesticides. They are not, and some chemicals used are ...
Viewpoint: Gilles-Éric Séralini, Vandana Shiva, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. — Anti-GMO characters join together in book diatribe misrepresenting the science about glyphosate and Monsanto

Viewpoint: Gilles-Éric Séralini, Vandana Shiva, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. — Anti-GMO characters join together in book diatribe misrepresenting the science about glyphosate and Monsanto

Genetic Literacy Project | 
The recent court victories against the former Monsanto involving glyphosate constitute a major cause célèbre for anti-GMO activists. Now, another ...
Pest resistance developing to fall armyworm-fighting Bt maize prompts pest management strategies

Pest resistance developing to fall armyworm-fighting Bt maize prompts pest management strategies

Entomology Today | 
Maize that is genetically engineered to contain specific toxic (to armyworms) proteins created by the bacteria Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) has ...
Viewpoint: Can agroecology cut European food imports and grow more on less land all while cutting greenhouse gas emissions? It would take a lot

Viewpoint: Can agroecology cut European food imports and grow more on less land all while cutting greenhouse gas emissions? It would take a lot

Genetic Literacy Project | 
Europe currently is heavily dependent on imports for food products as well as animal feed, particularly soy and corn. But ...
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Climate change vs agriculture: Can one farming method—conventional, organic or agroecology—help slow global warming?

Genetic Literacy Project | 
Climate change and agriculture appear joined at the hip. Agriculture—through methane, carbon dioxide, and land use—has had an impact on ...
Viewpoint: Challenging organic myths — Big Ag doesn't 'control the food supply' with patented GMO seeds, patented seeds are planted on organic farms, too

Viewpoint: Challenging organic myths — Big Ag doesn’t ‘control the food supply’ with patented GMO seeds, patented seeds are planted on organic farms, too

Genetic Literacy Project | 
GMO critics demonize the concept of seed patents, equating it with 'Big Ag' and what they see as a takeover ...
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Viewpoint: Environmental groups attack latest crop gene-editing innovations misusing scientifically outdated 20-year-old anti-GMO arguments

Genetic Literacy Project | 
“Gene stacking”—the process of modifying several genes or traits instead of just one—has been around many years. “Golden Rice,” engineered ...
Drought-tolerant GM corn comes with added, unexpected benefit—pest resistance

Drought-tolerant GM corn comes with added, unexpected benefit—pest resistance

Entomology Today | 
Water stress arising from drought conditions can trigger outbreaks of bark beetles, wood borers, and sap feeders like spider mites ...
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‘Regenerative’ agriculture: Organic farming buzz word, or the path to sustainable food production?

Genetic Literacy Project | 
The goal should be sustainability, not trying to advance an ideology ...
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Roundup glyphosate weedkiller responsible for the decline in Monarch butterflies? Media and advocacy groups badly misreport study

Genetic Literacy Project | 
News reporting at its best should be nuanced. There are rarely 'black hats' and 'white hats' when it comes to ...
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Viewpoint: Glyphosate-tainted hummus? Environmental Working Group’s latest pesticide scare short on facts

Genetic Literacy Project | 
In the wake of a highly publicized legal settlement between Bayer, owner of former glyphosate-maker Monsanto, and lawyers representing plaintiffs ...
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Viewpoint: Organic fungicide copper sulfate and other copper products widely used by wine growers endangers humans, animals and insects

Organic farming is not chemical free. Copper sulfate is a popular one. How does it work and how does it ...
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Biotechnology forestry revival projects now include elms along with American chestnuts

Genetic Literacy Project | 
There was a time when the stately elm was a symbol of American and European small-town prosperity and pride. It ...
Viewpoint: Blame the coronavirus on 'industrial agriculture'? We need more, not less of it to stave off the next viral pandemic

Viewpoint: Blame the coronavirus on ‘industrial agriculture’? We need more, not less of it to stave off the next viral pandemic

Genetic Literacy Project | 
An internet meme is circulating worldwide in the heat of the COVID-19 pandemic: “Every disaster starts with a scientist being ...
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Assessing coronavirus media coverage: Too late, too alarmist, and too much censorship

Genetic Literacy Project | 
Few Western media outlets are getting this one right ...
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