Daniel Norero
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The story behind the 100% public GM bean reaching Brazilian plates
In some Brazilian supermarkets, it is already possible to buy a new genetically modified (GM) common bean, which bears the ...
10 key facts about Golden Rice, a GMO that can save the lives and sight of millions of children
"This rice could save a million kids a year," read a famous Time magazine cover from July 2000. The report ...
Chile poised to tackle food shortages and climate change with ‘Golden Apple’ and other CRISPR-edited crops
Chile’s intense political unrest exacerbated by months of COVID-19 quarantine has temporarily overshadowed a relentless environmental, farming crisis: an intense ...
Italy and Israel bet on GM microalgae to develop edible COVID vaccine
The rush to develop a vaccine for COVID-19 has extended to Italy and Israel, where scientists are using the tools ...
A precautionary tale of COVID and GMO pseudoscience
Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, it’s sparked numerous conspiracy theories that are often spread by extreme right and “alternative” medicine ...
Italy and Israel bet on GM microalgae to develop edible COVID vaccine
The rush to develop a vaccine for COVID-19 has extended to Italy and Israel, where scientists are using the tools ...
GMO tomato as edible COVID vaccine? Mexican scientists work to make it a reality
While large companies and public sector consortiums in the United States, Canada, China and Europe are running at full speed ...
Viewpoint: Biofortified GMO crops can help alleviate world hunger
About 800 million people are currently suffering from hunger in the world, and some 2 billion suffer from some type of ...
15 surprising GMO and gene-edited crop advances underway in South and Central America
Latin America is a vital region in the global production of genetically modified (GM) crops, with Brazil and Argentina ranked ...
15 years after debuting GMO crops, Colombia’s switch has benefited farmers and environment
GM crops saved water, reduced greenhouse gas emissions and provided farmers and the rest of Colombia with a variety of ...
Ecuador passes law allowing GMO crop research
[Editor's note: The following article has been translated from Spanish.] Ecuador has approved a law allowing the entry of genetically ...
GMO 20-year safety endorsement: 280 science institutions, more than 3,000 studies
Despite vehement public debate, there is an overwhelming scientific consensus that GE foods present no greater risk than non-GMO crops, ...
Chile’s GMO schizophrenia: It exports seeds and imports crops, but doesn’t allow cultivation
Chile has a surprising export crop: seeds. It is currently the fifth largest seed producer worldwide, and the first in the production of genetically ...
Developing countries, universities beginning to develop genetically engineered crops
A very common criticism against genetically modified (GM) crops, whenever they are mentioned, is to automatically associate them with a ...
Latin American GMO powerhouse Brazil expands portfolio of crops with intro of new herbicide resistant soy
Brazil pushes forward in its GMO development program, approving a new herbicide resistant soybean. About 90% of Brazilian soy and ...
244 reasons why GMOs are safe: Global science organizations endorse crop biotech
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Currently there is a ...
GMO gluten-free wheat could be savior for celiac sufferers, but anti-biotech campaigners block it
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Wheat is one of the ...
280 global science organizations affirm consensus for GMO food and crop safety
Currently there is a social and political controversy about the safety of of foods produced from genetically modified (GM) crops, ...
