Henry Miller
Viewpoint: Chipotle: The strangest restaurant menu ever
This article originally ran at Forbes and has been republished here with permission of the author. Chipotle Mexican grill announced ...
Chemophobia cast shadow over Earth Day
This year was the 45th anniversary of the first Earth Day. Founded by then-U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson (D-Wisconsin), it was held in ...
Viewpoint: The dirt on Earth Day: Chemophobia masquerading as environmentalism
This article originally ran at Forbes and has been republished here with permission of the author. Wednesday will be the ...
Malpractice on Dr. Oz: Case of the maligned Arctic Apple
Dr. Oz gets it wrong again on science, this time on genetic engineering on last week's show on the non-browning ...
US biotech regulations need serious weeding
The “corporate culture” at USDA toward the regulation of genetically engineered plants is unscientific, self-interested and inimical to progress in ...
Viewpoint: USDA’s ‘zombie’ biotech regulation will not die
This article originally ran at Forbes and has been republished here with permission of the author. The “corporate culture” at ...
Henry Miller: UN glyphosate finding glosses over data to support ideological conclusion
For the first time since 1991, the focus of this International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) review was on ...
Viewpoint: March Madness from the United Nations
This article originally ran at Forbes and has been republished here with permission of the author. The NCAA basketball tournament ...
Substitutions like Non-GMO can be inferior or harmful
Many supposedly health-conscious consumers who choose products with labels like “BPA-Free” or “non-GMO” may be getting less than they bargained ...
Viewpoint: The mischief of ‘regrettable substitutions’
This article originally ran at Forbes and has been republished here with permission of the author. "Regrettable substitutions" occur when, ...
Chemophobe activists vilify glyphosate, herbicide less toxic than many ‘natural’ alternatives
The latest scare tactic of the chemophobe lobby promotes the fear of chemicals in food. They seem oblivious to the ...
Allergic to all known chemicals?
This article originally ran at Forbes and has been republished here with permission of the author. When I was a ...
Viewpoint: Beware the attack of the Green Blob!
This article originally ran at Forbes and has been republished here with permission of the author. Radical environmental activists, aka ...
Genetic engineering needs space from regulators
The newly approved, genetically engineered “Innate” brand of potato is quite remarkable. It is bruise resistant and contains 50 to ...
Viewpoint: ‘The science of things that aren’t so’ should not drive public policy
This article originally ran at Forbes and has been republished here with permission of the author. The quality and reproducibility ...
U.S. regulators to blame for lack of progress in biopharming
Dr. Henry Miller’s cri de coeur is well-earned: he was the founding director of the FDA’s Office of Biotechnology (too ...
EPA accomplice in environmentalists’ war on neonics?
The Environmental Protection Agency is arguably the worst regulatory agency in the history of the world. But perhaps I understate ...
Viewpoint: A wake-up call for US farmers: The EPA is trying to put you out of business
This article originally appeared at Forbes and has been republished here with permission of the author. The Environmental Protection Agency ...
UN contradictions: Opposition to biopharming, which could treat Ebola infections
High-level officials of the United Nations are not known for their perspicacity, competence, or scientific acumen, but the head of ...
Viewpoint: Why organic isn’t ‘sustainable’
This article originally ran at Forbes and has been republished here with permission of the author. Relevant excerpt: Stanford University’s Sustainable ...
Over-regulation of ag biotechnology squanders billions of dollars
The big agribusiness companies have achieved “regulatory capture” of government agencies–but not in the way that many people think. At ...
Viewpoint: Lies, damn lies and genetic engineering
This article originally ran at Forbes and has been republished here with permission of the author. Relevant excerpt: Consumers have been ...
Viewpoint: The dreaded ‘green blob’ is the most dire threat to bees
This article originally ran at Forbes and has been republished here with permission of the author. If neonicotinoid pesticides were ...
Viewpoint: Neither individuals nor (especially) the government should support ‘National Politically Correct Radio’
This article originally ran at Forbes and has been republished here with permission of the author. NPR–“National Politically Correct Radio”–has ...
Ebola drug ‘ZMapp’ shows potential of biopharmed medicine
A handful of patients in the largest-ever Ebola outbreak have been treated with an experimental drug called ZMapp. American missionaries ...
GE can help address California’s drought
The United Nations has called drought the “world’s costliest natural disaster,” both financially, imposing an annual cost of $6-8 billion, and in ...
Anti-GMO activist Vandana Shiva earns $40,000 per speech advocating policies harming poor
Vandana Shiva, the Indian activist who opposes modern agriculture and modern science — and well, modernity in general — is a popular ...
Viewpoint: Wealthy activist Vandana Shiva is a poor advocate for the poor
This article originally ran at Forbes and has been republished here with permission of the author. Vandana Shiva advocates policies ...
