GLP Podcast: Artificial sweetener-cancer study debunked; MLB and vaccine mandates; Cholesterol not so bad after all?

GLP Podcast: Artificial sweetener-cancer study debunked; MLB and vaccine mandates; Cholesterol not so bad after all?

Genetic Literacy Project | 
A controversial study recently suggested that artificial sweetener consumption may be linked to elevated cancer risk. Have food-safety regulators overlooked ...
GLP Podcast: Activists dump grain during food shortage; The mirror lies to you; Anti-GMO study debunked

GLP Podcast: Activists dump grain during food shortage; The mirror lies to you; Anti-GMO study debunked

Genetic Literacy Project | 
Last week, French activist group Extinction Rebellion destroyed 15,000 tons of wheat to prove its anti-GMO bona fides. The grain ...
GLP Podcast: Ukraine war spikes food prices; Journalist sheds anti-GMO views; Creationism in schools

GLP Podcast: Ukraine war spikes food prices; Journalist sheds anti-GMO views; Creationism in schools

Genetic Literacy Project | 
The war in Ukraine could have long-term impacts on global food prices. Can we prevent this dangerous outcome? A Japanese ...
GLP Podcast: mRNA flu shot coming soon? Dogs really can't eat chocolate; Marijuana-like 'runner's high'

GLP Podcast: mRNA flu shot coming soon? Dogs really can’t eat chocolate; Marijuana-like ‘runner’s high’

Genetic Literacy Project | 
mRNA technology gave us COVID-19 vaccines. Could it also yield more effective flu vaccines? Yes—maybe as soon as next year ...
GLP Podcast: Illegal GMOs in India; Anti-aging myths; Can social media 'brainwash' us?

GLP Podcast: Illegal GMOs in India; Anti-aging myths; Can social media ‘brainwash’ us?

Genetic Literacy Project | 
Farmers in India are growing illegal GE eggplant in hopes of overturning the country's ban on the insect-resistant crop. Anti-aging ...
GLP Podcast: Biotech fish 'invade' Brazil; TikTok GMO-sterility myth debunked; Bad diet and dementia

GLP Podcast: Biotech fish ‘invade’ Brazil; TikTok GMO-sterility myth debunked; Bad diet and dementia

Genetic Literacy Project | 
A genetically engineered "GloFish" is swimming freely in Brazil's streams. Should we be worried? Despite a popular conspiracy circulating on ...
Viewpoint: Dissecting anti-science smears — Center for Media and Democracy spreads disinformation about food and science communication

Viewpoint: Dissecting anti-science smears — Center for Media and Democracy spreads disinformation about food and science communication

Genetic Literacy Project | 
At a time when democracy is threatened by a number of sources and media is a potent remedy or problem, ...
GLP Podcast: Loneliness causes dementia? Parkinson's-fighting GM tomatoes; 'Sovietizing' science

GLP Podcast: Loneliness causes dementia? Parkinson’s-fighting GM tomatoes; ‘Sovietizing’ science

Genetic Literacy Project | 
Loneliness could drastically boost your risk of developing dementia. Genetically engineered tomatoes may be our first line of defense against ...
GLP Podcast: Trauma changes your DNA? Lifelike sex robots; Have we cured leukemia?

GLP Podcast: Trauma changes your DNA? Lifelike sex robots; Have we cured leukemia?

Genetic Literacy Project | 
Can traumatic life experiences leave an imprint on our DNA that we pass down to our children? Get ready, because ...
Talking Biotech: Percy vs. Goliath—Hollywood aside, what really went down with Canadian farmer Percy Schmeiser’s court battle with Monsanto?

Talking Biotech: Percy vs. Goliath—Hollywood aside, what really went down with Canadian farmer Percy Schmeiser’s court battle with Monsanto?

Talking Biotech | 
The story of Percy Schmeiser is a well known tale of big biotech against the little farmer from rural Saskatchewan ...
GLP Podcast: Don't 'cancel' Joe Rogan?; Psychopaths among us; Green Revolution saved $83 trillion

GLP Podcast: Don’t ‘cancel’ Joe Rogan?; Psychopaths among us; Green Revolution saved $83 trillion

Genetic Literacy Project | 
The recent campaign to "cancel" comedian Joe Rogan for promoting COVID misinformation highlights a troubling trend in science communication. High-functioning ...
GLP Podcast: Genetics of sugar cravings; Male birth control; CRISPR-edited apples coming soon?

GLP Podcast: Genetics of sugar cravings; Male birth control; CRISPR-edited apples coming soon?

Genetic Literacy Project | 
We all crave sugar on occasion, and geneticists say they've found some of the genes that may have driven this ...
GLP Podcast: Academic freedom has limits? UK backtracks on neonic ban; 'Non-GMO' tearless onions

GLP Podcast: Academic freedom has limits? UK backtracks on neonic ban; ‘Non-GMO’ tearless onions

Genetic Literacy Project | 
Does academic freedom protect professors who spread scientific nonsense online? The UK appears to be backtracking on a pesticide ban ...
GLP Podcast: 10 'stupid' food memes; COVID drugs are here; What makes someone a narcissist?

GLP Podcast: 10 ‘stupid’ food memes; COVID drugs are here; What makes someone a narcissist?

Genetic Literacy Project | 
People believe a lot of nonsense about food and farming; let's debunk the top-10 worst of these "truisms." The FDA ...
GLP Podcast: COVID vaccines; Lab leak scandal; UK embraces CRISPR crops—the biggest stories of 2021

GLP Podcast: COVID vaccines; Lab leak scandal; UK embraces CRISPR crops—the biggest stories of 2021

Genetic Literacy Project | 
The COVID-19 vaccines saved a lot of lives in 2021, but convincing some Americans to take them proved to be ...
GLP Podcast: Coming soon — USDA 'bioengineered' labels; Scientific American strays from science; Schools teach anti-GMO falsehoods

GLP Podcast: Coming soon — USDA ‘bioengineered’ labels; Scientific American strays from science; Schools teach anti-GMO falsehoods

Genetic Literacy Project | 
The USDA's mandatory bioengineered food labels will begin to appear on many more products next month. What can consumers expect ...
GLP Podcast: Chemical risks doubled in five years? Vaccines from plants; Henrietta Lacks’ stolen cells

GLP Podcast: Chemical risks doubled in five years? Vaccines from plants; Henrietta Lacks’ stolen cells

Genetic Literacy Project | 
A recent meta-analysis has alleged that the health risks linked to chemical exposure have doubled in the last five years ...
GLP Podcast: At-home dementia test raises concerns; mRNA flu vaccines? Chemical-free pesticides

GLP Podcast: At-home dementia test raises concerns; mRNA flu vaccines? Chemical-free pesticides

Genetic Literacy Project | 
A new at-home dementia test may help predict your risk of cognitive impairment late in life, though some experts fear ...
GLP Podcast: Monsanto owns farmers? Evolution of pet parenting; Soylent abandons GMO advocacy

GLP Podcast: Monsanto owns farmers? Evolution of pet parenting; Soylent abandons GMO advocacy

Genetic Literacy Project | 
Does Monsanto control the seeds Mexico's farmers can grow? No, but anti-GMO groups do. An increasing number of Americans don't ...
GLP Podcast: Science 'flip-flops'; Pig-to-human organ transplants; Glyphosate lawsuits and tort reform

GLP Podcast: Science ‘flip-flops’; Pig-to-human organ transplants; Glyphosate lawsuits and tort reform

Genetic Literacy Project | 
An expert advisory panel recently revised the decades-old recommendation to take aspirin daily to prevent a first heart attack or ...
Viewpoint: Monsanto doesn’t control Mexican farmers’ seed choices — activist groups do

Viewpoint: Monsanto doesn’t control Mexican farmers’ seed choices — activist groups do

For the last 25 years I've listened to the tired argument that Monsanto controls farmer seed choice. Over and over ...
Viewpoint: Letter to the EU on climate change and agricultural sustainability

Viewpoint: Letter to the EU on climate change and agricultural sustainability

Genetic Literacy Project | 
The European Commission is taking public feedback on gene editing. I urge you to send your letter here. If you ...
GLP Podcast: 'Fashionable nonsense' in medicine; Strange history of pregnancy tests; Bayer goes organic

GLP Podcast: ‘Fashionable nonsense’ in medicine; Strange history of pregnancy tests; Bayer goes organic

Genetic Literacy Project | 
Medicine is bowing to academia's "fashionable nonsense" surrounding a variety of important issues, and the consequences could be serious. Home ...
Podcast: Prof Kevin Folta profiles Jeffrey Smith, a leading purveyor of crop biotechnology disinformation often cited by anti-biotech advocacy groups

Podcast: Prof Kevin Folta profiles Jeffrey Smith, a leading purveyor of crop biotechnology disinformation often cited by anti-biotech advocacy groups

Talking Biotech | 
We must be dedicated to fighting back against false information in food and medicine. Jeffery Smith is a personality with ...
GLP Podcast: COVID vaccine skepticism justified? Live long despite your genes; Junk food addiction

GLP Podcast: COVID vaccine skepticism justified? Live long despite your genes; Junk food addiction

Genetic Literacy Project | 
Many people simply refuse to get a COVID-19 vaccine. Is their skepticism justifiable, or are they plagued by biases that ...
Viewpoint: ‘No thinking, just copying and pasting’: European Commission’s GM public comment period spammed by identical anti-biotech comments

Viewpoint: ‘No thinking, just copying and pasting’: European Commission’s GM public comment period spammed by identical anti-biotech comments

Starting a few weeks ago the European Commission began a public feedback period on the regulation of gene edited crops ...
Podcast: Here is how misinformation about GMOs and crop biotechnology mutates and spreads

Podcast: Here is how misinformation about GMOs and crop biotechnology mutates and spreads

Genetic Literacy Project | 
How does misinformation about genetically engineered crops (GMOs) start and how do we correct it? These are questions asked by ...
GLP Podcast: Poison ivy vaccine; Exercise doesn't always cause weight loss; Essential oil videos debunked

GLP Podcast: Poison ivy vaccine; Exercise doesn’t always cause weight loss; Essential oil videos debunked

Genetic Literacy Project | 
Poison Ivy plagues outdoor enthusiasts everywhere. Is a vaccine on the horizon? Exercise is great for your health, but a ...
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