Kavin Senapathy
Science moms to celebrity moms: Let’s discuss GMOs, farming, safety and health together
The anti-GMO movement moved away long ago from grounded positions in science to promoting fear, and using celebrities as their ...
Neil Young embraces GMOs to prolong his life, but tries to block benefits for others
Neil Young: Grammy-award winning musician and GMO-hater? That’s the clear message from Young’s latest album, released earlier this summer. “The Monsanto Years,” ...
Ayyadurai’s formaldehyde-in-GMOs claim challenged, engineer refuses verification offer
Engineer and system biologist V.A. Shiva Ayyadurai claim that there are dangerous levels of formaldehyde in GMO crops is about ...
Why GMOs should be part of California’s drought strategy
In the midst of the most severe drought ever recorded in California, Governor Jerry Brown, the master of passionate rhetoric and ...
The anti-Rachel Parent: 10-year-old future scientist counters sea of GMO misinformation
Anti-GMO events are peppered with children holding signs touting the alleged dangers of genetically modified foods. For those who choose ...
Vani Hari and Kavin Senapathy debate which is better—Organic or GMOs?
Are genetically modified foods necessary to feed the world's growing population and organic foods just too expensive and gimmicky? Or ...
Viewpoint: Consumer Reports should stick to advice about cars and toilets; Its policy advocacy is misguided
This article originally ran at Forbes and has been republished here with permission of the author. The editors of the ...
GMO battle: March Against Myths protests March Against Monsanto
Science Power Hour host Vern Blazek interviews Kavin Senapathy, co-founder of March Against Myths About Modification. Known as MAMyths, the ...
Anti-GMO “Right to Know” movement cashing in on scaring and confusing consumers
We have no right to know if our food is GMO. Why? Because the term “GMO” is an arbitrary classification ...
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 ...
Gardener alert: Burpee and Buzzy seed companies cashing in on anti-Big Ag hysteria
It's planting season and gardeners are taking to the soil. Alas, two of the country's largest home seed companies are ...
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 ...
Watch scientist challenge the scare-promoting Food Babe
Food Babe has built her career on denigrating scientists, farmers and food experts. Then she encountered Alison Bernstein, aka Mommy ...
Cornell Alliance students challenge ‘anti-GMO bullies’ over FOI demand
The Cornell Alliance for Science--a global initiative for science-based communications at Cornell University--has launched a petition to support biotech scientists ...
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 ...
Unraveling mystery of obsessive-compulsive disorder: A personal journey
This daily ordeal, among other irrational behaviors I suffered, was physically and emotionally exhausting, yet it wouldn't subside until I ...
Food Babe plays race, sexist shill cards from “Deck of Deflection”
Vani Hari's new book attacking chemicals and GMOs in food is a roaring sales success. But that hasn't stopped critics ...
Call for action: It’s time to March Against the March Against Monsanto
March Against Monsanto has evolved into a cultural event symbolizing the most strident and scientifically questionable side of the anti-technology ...
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 ...
Mother’s science-based view: Organics and Whole Foods are ‘scam of the decade’
"USDA Certified Organic." These words may conjure notions of wholesomeness, healthiness, freshness and responsible consumer habits. So why is this ...
Evolution of Food Babe: From misguided consumer advocate to crude bully
It's been a rough week for the Food Babe. After her takedown by NPR, Vani Hari has begun lashing out ...
Sorry Dr. Oz and Jenny McCarthy: More scientific proof vaccines, GMOs don’t cause autism
Despite the loud voices of disinformation, the scientific community has overwhelmingly agreed that there is no causal link between vaccines ...
Food Babe flops on BRCA mutations: Understand genetics or go home
Charlatans like Food Babe, Dr. Oz, Joseph Mercola, and Vandana Shiva represent everything disgraceful about unscientific propaganda. Cancer misinformation is ...
Organic food can cure autism caused by GMOs? More ‘quack science’ from Dr. Oz
Dr. Oz, who was recently reprimanded in Congress for his increasingly bizarre endorsements of crank cures and alternative nostrums, stumbled ...
Start genetic literacy young: Take your family to “Unlocking Life’s Code” touring exhibit
“Genome: Unlocking Life’s Code” is an initiative of the National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) and the National Human Genome ...
General Mills buys Annie’s, GMO opponents go berserk
The announcement that General Mills is buying Annie's touched off raving commotion on social media about the 'natural foods' company ...
Richard Dawkins’ moral policing aside, new era of fetal diagnostics underway
What would you do if you were pregnant with a fetus affected by a severe disorder? Abortion is often the ...