Jon Entine
Jeffrey Smith: ‘I know nothing about GMOs but that doesn’t stop me from promoting junk science’
Jeffrey Smith, head of one-man band and rabidly anti-GMO organization Institute for Responsible Technology, has taken aim at two respected ...
‘Neonics not key driver of bee deaths’–USDA study clashes with White House considering restrictions on pesticide
Even as a special White House created task force is poised any day now to address concerns over supposedly vanishing ...
USDA study concludes neonics not driving bee deaths—As White House set to announce pollinator revival plan’
Neonicotinoids have been in the crosshairs of advocacy groups desperate to do something--anything--to address the crisis of bee die offs ...
Evolution is weird: Killer diseases save lives and make us smarter?
Inflammatory bowel disease, psoriasis, Tay-Sachs disease and certain breast cancers can kill you or make life very challenging. So why ...
Nina Fedoroff, Kevin Folta, GLP’s Jon Entine push back on organic-led attack on biotech academic research
In a wide-ranging discussion, HuffPost Live host Josh Zepps discusses the document demands on biotech scientists and the parallels with ...
How activists, sloppy reporters turned genetic firewall story into hysteria-gram on GMO dangers
In the hands of activists and sloppy reporters, breakthrough research on setting genetic 'kill switches' to prevent synthetic genes from ...
Scientific consensus on GMO safety stronger than for global warming, PEW research center finds
Scientists blame the media and the lack of quality K-12 STEM education for large differences between public opinion and scientific ...
GLP radio interview: Girl Scouts refuse to bow to activist pressure to go non-GMO
On Agri-Talk radio, GLP's Jon Entine discusses the Girl Scouts' decision to rebuff anti-GMO activists who are demanding they remove ...
Ex Food Babe staffer exposé? Does Vani Hari admit to spinning science for money and fame?
An interesting and revealing exchange with Vani Hari, the self-proclaimed Food Babe, began with an open letter published last week ...
Indian Eco-Goddess Vandana Shiva, charging $40,000 a speech, takes anti-GMO crusade to Hawaii
"What could be more basic to freedom than food freedom and food democracy?” declared Indian anti-GMO activist megastar Vandana Shiva ...
Forget GMOs: Surgeon General has determined that DNA is dangerous to your health!
OMG! Deoxyribonucleic acid risks contaminating all of our food. Where is Gary Hirshberg when we REALLY need him! Just Label ...
Girls Scouts reject attempts by anti-GMO parents to use their kids in fear campaign
The Girl Scouts cookie-selling fund-raising season kicked off this week, again pitting anti-GMO moms against the venerable scouting organization in ...
Bee experts shred ‘Harvard’ neonics-Colony Collapse Disorder study, upbraid journalists for ‘activist science’
North America's most prominent bee experts challenge a well-publicized 'Harvard study' that blamed neonicotinoids for bee deaths and Colony Collapse ...
Silence from Bill Nye to Kevin Folta GMO debate challenge
Some of you might recall the open letter from Kevin Folta, a University of Florida plant scientist, inviting ["The Science Guy," Bill ...
In wake of GMO debate defeat, antis throw leaders under the bus?
Within minutes after the routing of anti-GMO scientists Margaret Mellon and Charles Benbrook at Wednesday's Intelligence Squared debate--the motion in favor of ...
Battle over Biotechnology: Pro and anti GMO scientists square off
Intelligence Squared will be hosting the first high profile debate among scientists over genetically modified food in years. Viewers can ...
Genetic Literacy Project Special Report: GMO: Beyond the Science
The Genetic Literacy Project launches a unique six-part series on crop biotechnology, examining the science of GMOs but also the ...
Bee deaths and neonics: Inside story of Colony Collapse Disorder, Harvard’s Chensheng Lu’s crusade
Two "Harvard studies" by nutritionist Chensheng Lu are the linchpin of the claim that we face a global bee collapse ...
Organic alert: Whole Foods almonds contain potentially ‘fatal’ natural chemical
Whole Foods is recalling a line of Organic Raw Almonds, due to elevated levels of a natural chemical, hydrogen cyanide, ...
GLP’s Jon Entine talks to Ray Bowman on fallout from Oregon, Colorado GMO label votes
What's next in the battle over GMO labeling? Ray Bowman talks with GLP's Jon Entine on his Food and Farm ...
McDonald’s mulling embrace of Simplot’s bruise-reducing Innate GMO potato
A healthier, ecologically advanced GMO potato has been cleared, touching off theatrics of opposition by advocacy groups. The success of ...
Frankenfood: A metaphor that has cursed GMOs
In this radio interview, Australian Broadcasting Radio National asks Mark Lynas and the GLP’s Jon Entine about whether science is ...
$25 million for “Factor GMO” study—Are the results pre-determined?
What anti-GMO activists are billing as the most expensive and comprehensive longterm study of the impact of GMO crops and ...
Is Nassim Taleb a “dangerous imbecile” or on the pay of anti-GMO activists?
Even Nassim Taleb's friends call him a "vulgar, bombastic windbag". Now he's becoming one of the new faces of the ...
Vermont Rube Goldberg-like GMO labeling law exempts GMO filled natural supplements
During the 1920s, the cartoonist Rube Goldberg became immensely popular churning out cartoons that depicted devices that performed simple tasks in ...
Why support erodes for GMO labeling (Hint: It’s not because of spending by Big Ag)
As happened in both California and Washington state, what seemed like an easy path to victory for supporters of a ...
What’s so “natural” about “natural crop breeding”?
One of the most popular arguments of critics of crop biotechnology is the claim that conventional breeding is more "natural" ...
Battle of Britain: NGOs and scientists clash over proposal to loosen EU GMO restrictions
Britain has emerged as the key battleground that could determine whether the European Union relaxes its tight restrictions on GMOs ...
