Ivo Vegter
Viewpoint: GMOs pose ‘systemic threat to humanity’? Debunking Nassim Taleb’s apocalyptic assault on crop biotech
Nassim Taleb is a statistician and financial risk analyst. As interesting as his observations about the uncertain risk of large ...
Never swayed by science? Why arguing with anti-GMO activists could strengthen their skepticism
Genetic engineering is revolutionizing crop farming, bringing benefits to farmers, the environment and consumer health. Its opponents, however, are not ...
Viewpoint: How activists ‘hijacked’ the regulatory system in obsession to ban even safe agro-chemicals
Find something, anything, that the lay public might be convinced is dangerous. Ideally, it should have a scary-sounding name, and ...
Are romantic notions about organic agriculture harming the environment?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. It is one of ...
Embracing the potential and facing the fears of radical advances in genetic engineering
Companies like Synthorx, DNA 2.0 and Cambrian are capitalising on last year’s development of synthetic DNA. Scientists for the first time created living DNA ...
South Africa: Unwarranted environmental fears hurts emerging economies
Exaggerated environmental claims—a “crying wolf” phenomenon—are counterproductive to environmental protection. They bring about misguided public policies that actively harm economies, ...
