Podcast: Pollution makes you fat? India approves more GMOs; Biological 'push notifications'

Podcast: Pollution makes you fat? India approves more GMOs; Biological ‘push notifications’

Genetic Literacy Project |
Air pollution harms our health in many ways; does it also encourage obesity? Farmers in India have access to two ...
Podcast: 'Regenerative' farming—a green fad; Gene-edited bacteria destroy tumors; Banana-flavored beer

Podcast: ‘Regenerative’ farming—a green fad; Gene-edited bacteria destroy tumors; Banana-flavored beer

Genetic Literacy Project |
So-called "regenerative" farming is gaining traction as a method of sustainable food production. Does it live up to the hype ...
Viewpoint: Exploiting children to promote anti-science ideology — Activists peddle overwrought claims that kids are endangered by crop pesticides

Viewpoint: Exploiting children to promote anti-science ideology — Activists peddle overwrought claims that kids are endangered by crop pesticides

As a new dad, there's no one I love more than my son. I want to protect him from danger, ...
how science handles topics regarding sex and gender

Viewpoint: ‘Fashionable nonsense’ — Why embracing a ‘sex spectrum’ is at odds with scientific data

Big Think |
The scientific community is increasingly embracing sociopolitical ideologies and philosophies that are blatantly at odds with scientific data. The highest ...
Podcast: 'Botched' nutrition reporting; Alcohol abstinence boosts brain health; What causes acne?

Podcast: ‘Botched’ nutrition reporting; Alcohol abstinence boosts brain health; What causes acne?

Genetic Literacy Project |
Reporters continue to exaggerate the results of low-quality nutrition studies. Their desire to attract readers with dramatic headlines may be ...
Viewpoint: ‘Regenerative’ is replacing ‘organic’ as the latest green farming fad. Here’s why the reality falls far short of the hype

Viewpoint: ‘Regenerative’ is replacing ‘organic’ as the latest green farming fad. Here’s why the reality falls far short of the hype

Politicians have a complicated relationship with science. When they think the evidence comports with their political goals, they love scientists ...
Podcast: Science Facts and Fallacies host debates body positivity activists on 'Dr. Phil'

Podcast: Science Facts and Fallacies host debates body positivity activists on ‘Dr. Phil’

Genetic Literacy Project |
Science Facts and Fallacies host Cameron English recently appeared on the Dr. Phil show to tackle an incendiary question: Has ...
Viewpoint: How reporters regularly botch food nutrition studies

Viewpoint: How reporters regularly botch food nutrition studies

We've reached a point where you must assume everything the media says about nutrition is false. This is a drastic ...
Video: Viewpoint — Is challenging obese people to lose weight fat shaming?

Video: Viewpoint — Is challenging obese people to lose weight fat shaming?

Has the body positivity movement gone too far? That's the question Dr. Phil posed to me and five other panelists ...
Podcast: Industry-funded GMO studies; Food companies back 'regenerative' farming; Popcorn-flavored spinach?

Podcast: Industry-funded GMO studies; Food companies back ‘regenerative’ farming; Popcorn-flavored spinach?

Genetic Literacy Project |
Should we be skeptical of GMO safety studies funded by biotech companies? Major food makers including Pepsi and Nestle have ...
The ongoing battle with the EPA regarding Roundup

Viewpoint: Count the distortions — Organic industry-funded Carey Gillam misrepresents science and court decision to further obsessive campaign against weedkiller glyphosate

Genetic Literacy Project |
f glyphosate is such a deadly pesticide, why do activist groups have to lie about it? That's the question I ...
Podcast: CRISPR Cas13 gene editing; Eye transplants; Sex might drive our athletic and artistic ability

Podcast: CRISPR Cas13 gene editing; Eye transplants; Sex might drive our athletic and artistic ability

Genetic Literacy Project |
A new gene-editing technique may be safer and more reliable than CRISPR-Cas9, according to a recent study ...
Podcast: Biden's pro-biotech executive order; Vaccine mandates backfire; Courts v junk science

Podcast: Biden’s pro-biotech executive order; Vaccine mandates backfire; Courts v junk science

Genetic Literacy Project |
President Biden just signed an executive order promising substantial investment in the "bioeconomy." What impact will the proposal have on ...
Podcast: Exercise builds gut health; US blocking COVID origins investigation? 'Natural' food is a scam

Podcast: Exercise builds gut health; US blocking COVID origins investigation? ‘Natural’ food is a scam

Genetic Literacy Project |
Keeping the microbes living in your gut healthy is important to your overall well-being, and recent research suggests that regular ...
Here’s why researchers believe COVID shot mandates are fueling a backlash, undermining vaccine education

Here’s why researchers believe COVID shot mandates are fueling a backlash, undermining vaccine education

Research going back many years has shown that vaccine mandates tend to backfire. Forcing people to get shots they don't ...
Podcast: Glyphosate causes seizures? Fatigue and brain toxins; Why parents turn 'anti-vaxx'

Podcast: Glyphosate causes seizures? Fatigue and brain toxins; Why parents turn ‘anti-vaxx’

Genetic Literacy Project |
Does the weedkiller glyphosate cause convulsions? A study published last week seemed to support that conclusion, but there's much more ...
Podcast: Time to quit 'baby' aspirin? Tobacco-industry science denial; Dutch farmer protests

Podcast: Time to quit ‘baby’ aspirin? Tobacco-industry science denial; Dutch farmer protests

Genetic Literacy Project |
Is it time to give up low-dose aspirin as a heart-attack prevention tool? New evidence suggests that the risks may ...
Viewpoint: Does ‘Big Ag’ promote GMOs as a backhanded way to peddle pesticides? Activist claims don’t withstand scrutiny

Viewpoint: Does ‘Big Ag’ promote GMOs as a backhanded way to peddle pesticides? Activist claims don’t withstand scrutiny

For more than two decades, anti-GMO groups have resorted to the same dishonest claims about the risks of genetically engineered ...
Podcast: Non-GMO Project loves 'GMO' watermelon; Glyphosate in breastmilk; Junk nutrition studies

Podcast: Non-GMO Project loves ‘GMO’ watermelon; Glyphosate in breastmilk; Junk nutrition studies

Genetic Literacy Project |
The Non-GMO Project recently endorsed seedless watermelon on Twitter, thereby giving an accidental thumbs up to many other genetically engineered ...
Viewpoint: Why anti-chemical activists just can’t accept the good news that the FDA finds US produce safe and healthy

Viewpoint: Why anti-chemical activists just can’t accept the good news that the FDA finds US produce safe and healthy

What do you do when the evidence doesn't support your conclusion? There are just two choices: admit you were mistaken ...
Podcast: Industry funding doesn't corrupt science; COVID lab leak refuted? Dicamba controversy revisited

Podcast: Industry funding doesn’t corrupt science; COVID lab leak refuted? Dicamba controversy revisited

Genetic Literacy Project |
Should agricultural scientists take research funding from corporations? A pair of studies suggests that a 'lab-leak' origin for SARS-CoV-2 looks ...
Viewpoint: Non-GMO Project promotes genetically-modified seedless watermelon

Viewpoint: Non-GMO Project promotes genetically-modified seedless watermelon

As summer grinds on, the Non-GMO Project is here to reassure consumers that seedless watermelon is not genetically modified. “Are ...
Podcast: Sri Lanka's disastrous fertilizer ban; Bees are fish in California; More pesticide lawsuits incoming

Podcast: Sri Lanka’s disastrous fertilizer ban; Bees are fish in California; More pesticide lawsuits incoming

Genetic Literacy Project |
Organic activist groups led Sri Lanka's economy over a cliff by pushing a ban on pesticides and fertilizers. Will they ...
Viewpoint: No, chemicals are not making you fat—Environmental Working Group gets the science wrong yet again

Viewpoint: No, chemicals are not making you fat—Environmental Working Group gets the science wrong yet again

The activists at Environmental Working Group (EWG) consistently butcher the science on a variety of consumer health issues. They're wrong about ...
Podcast: CRISPR can cause cancer? Vitamin B6 may fight depression; COVID 'groupthink'

Podcast: CRISPR can cause cancer? Vitamin B6 may fight depression; COVID ‘groupthink’

Genetic Literacy Project |
CRISPR gene editing has already proved to be a useful biomedical tool, but a recent study indicates it may damage ...
Viewpoint: Collapse of the organic-farming experiment in Sri Lanka has not shamed activist-philosopher Vandana Shiva and other GMO rejectionists

Viewpoint: Collapse of the organic-farming experiment in Sri Lanka has not shamed activist-philosopher Vandana Shiva and other GMO rejectionists

Sri Lanka ran an evil experiment on its citizens last year. Under the sway of nitwit organic-food activists, the government ...
GLP Podcast: EPA's political weedkiller rules; GMO-derived beer on sale; Anti-glyphosate webinar review

GLP Podcast: EPA’s political weedkiller rules; GMO-derived beer on sale; Anti-glyphosate webinar review

Genetic Literacy Project |
The Biden Administration just overruled its own scientists at the EPA, mandating regulations that effectively ban the low-risk, effective weedkiller ...
Why meat and milk from gene-edited hornless cows are safe to eat

Why meat and milk from gene-edited hornless cows are safe to eat

Scientists have known for many years that genetically engineered (GE) crops pose no greater risk to human health or the ...