Cami Ryan
The less you know, the more you cockily believe you’re right: The Dunning-Kruger Effect sustains agricultural misinformation
The Dunning-Kruger Effect is a cognitive bias where individuals with limited knowledge or skills in a specific area tend to ...
Viewpoint: Activist hyped study ‘proving’ that glyphosate can cause leukemia is junk science
The discussion around glyphosate, a widely used herbicide, is becoming increasingly charged, especially with new studies surfacing that suggest a ...
Viewpoint: Toxic narratives—Fear is the environmental activists’ only product
Welcome to the Age of Alarmism, where the “Fear Industry” operates like a well-oiled machine, churning out daily doses of ...
Why there are tort cases targeting chemicals and corporations in the U.S. but not in Canada
It was January 16, 2016. I was white-knuckling it down Missouri’s highway 44, heading to my new job at Monsanto ...
Viewpoint: Toxic chemicals in tampons? Unpacking the latest environmental activist group hysteria claim
The chatter about chemicals in tampons isn’t exactly a new thing; it’s more like a rerun of a series that ...
GLP podcast and video: Dunning-Kruger debunked? The evil industry, noble activist myth; The real Vandana Shiva
The less informed someone is about a topic, the more likely they are to overestimate their knowledge of it. This ...
Webinar: GLP’s Jon Entine, science communicators address agricultural biotechnology misinformation
The Council for Agricultural Science and Technology (CAST) released a new paper, The Importance of Communicating Empirically Based Science for Society. In ...
GMO misinformation proliferates on social media. What happens when it’s shared by experts?
Picture it. You are a respected, established advocate for agriculture and food production. You might even have a well-recognized brand ...
‘Bad stuff is just easier to believe’: Why GMO disinformation captures consumer attention
A couple of years ago, a former company data scientist and I tapped into our common fascination with social networks ...
Genome Prairie examines challenges of communicating science of agriculture
Agriculture relies upon science and technology to meet demand in an efficient and sustainable manner, but these technological advances are ...
Who is Vandana Shiva and why is she saying such awful things about GMOs?
Vandana Shiva's status as a celebrity anti-GMO activist is not in question, but virtually everything else about her, from her ...
Consumers and GMOs: Adrift in a sea of misinformation
Last month, I had the opportunity to present to a group of registered dietitians and nutritionists at the Alberta Milk ...
Ted Talks and videos on the science of GMOs
Blogger Cami Ryan has compiled a list of Ted talks and videos that relay reliable scientific evidence on GMOs ...
Podcast: Agricultural researcher Cami Ryan discusses Séralini controversy
Dr. Cami Ryan, researcher with the College of Agriculture and Bioresources at the University of Saskatchewan and prominent supporter of ...
Labeling GM foods, and other “Krafty” stuff
Beginning with a case in Kraft Mac'N'Cheese, Cami Ryan, a researcher with the University of Saskatchewan, explores the misleading labeling ...
What’s in a GMO label?
One might assume that defeat at the ballot box would be a real setback for a policy idea. But in ...
10 reasoned responses to “10 reasons we don’t need GMOs”
You may have run across this article “10 Reasons We Don’t Need GM Foods” on the FoodConsumer website. It’s been ...
From ‘I smell a rat’ to ‘when pigs fly’, bad science makes its rounds
The following is an excerpt. From ‘I smell a rat‘ to ‘when pigs fly’, bad science has been making the ...
Why genetic modification myths are so appealing and powerful
The following is an edited excerpt. While I admire this optimism and agree that we should continue to engage in ...
Ten responses to “Ten reasons we don’t need GMOs”
The following is an excerpt. Find a link to the full article below. You may have run across this article “10 ...
Bowman v. Monsanto is not about the save-the-seeds myth
If a farmer wishes to forgo the advantages of GM seed, he or she can simply use older, unrestricted crop ...