Mark Lynas
Mark Lynas: US Right to Know funded by anti-vaccine activists
USRTK’s [U.S. Right to Know] funding is substantial. . . . . . . .To date, it has received $314,500 ...
Scannable GMO labels could provide information regarding sustainability, pesticide use
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. I believe in transparency in ...
With National Academies’ GMO report, is debate concerning safety to humans over?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Last week, the prestigious ...
Researchers suggest GMO oilseed crop led to deformed butterflies, critic questions study design
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. . . .Scientists at ...
BBC: Anti-GMO activist complaints about Bt brinjal documentary were ‘without merit’
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The BBC has dismissed ...
Mark Lynas: Anti-GMO, anti-vaccine movements are linked
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. . . . ...
GM mosquito misinformation holding up Zika control in Brazil
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. As I wrote on ...
Mark Lynas: Mandatory GMO labeling will make GMO opponents ‘anti-choice’
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. [January 8th], in a ...
Modern agriculture, including GMOS, helps reduce greenhouse gas emissions
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. An excellent paper published in the ...
Philippine’s ban on GMO eggplant a defeat for science
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. THE DECISION by the ...
Europe’s “coalition of the ignorant” opposes GMOs, hurt poorer countries
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Call it the “Coalition ...
Ecomodernist environmentalist movement stumbles in European rollout
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. In late September, I and ...
Opponents of Bt brinjal in Bangladesh employ false media reports and scare tactics
Media reports are claiming that Bt brinjal (eggplant) has failed in the field and that farmers in Bangladesh are regretting growing it ...
Mark Lynas: Monsanto’s Syngenta takeover proposal a ‘big mistake’
Just what exactly is Monsanto playing at? Apparently not satisfied with its continuing role as the favourite pantomime villain for ...
Mark Lynas on his “conversion” and his dedication to helping poor farmers
Mohammed Rahman doesn’t know it yet, but his small farm in central Bangladesh is globally significant. Mr. Rahman’s pest-resistant eggplant ...
He said/She said on GMOs: Mark Lynas v Claire Robinson
This week The Independent has been investigating the future of genetically modified food – nearly 20 years since the first ...
Audio: Why Mark Lynas changed his mind on GMOs
Dominic Lawson interviews people who have changed their mind on controversial matters. He asks the environmentalist Mark Lynas, who was ...
Europe’s GMO compromise: Is the glass half full or half empty?
Is the glass half full or half empty? Today the European Parliament passed proposals to allow EU member states to ...
Unfounded fears about GMO crops stunts China advancement
Mark Lynas, journalist and environmentalist, says unfounded fears about genetically modified crops prevent China from making full use of science ...
Leftist dystopia? Anti-technology fever animates opposition to GMOs and other ‘disruptive’ technologies
Thoughtful people are offering thoughtful critiques of the role of genetic engineering in agriculture and other technological advances that raise ...
Future of biotech crops in Europe in jeopardy as activists unravel compromise
This week, unnoticed by almost everyone, MEPs (Members of the European Parliment) are considering proposals by the European commission and member ...
Mark Lynas: From anti-GMO activist to GMO advocate
Just under 20 years ago, when the issue of GMOs was first hitting the news, I was a dedicated anti-biotech ...
Mark Lynas provides photo proof disputing failure of Bangladesh Bt brinjal
Once again media reports have emerged claiming that genetically modified pest-resistant Bt brinjal (eggplant) has failed in the field and ...
Environmentalists’ stance on GMOs betrays progressive values
It is obviously inconsistent on the part of environmental groups such as Greenpeace to trumpet the importance of the worldwide ...
UK Guardian botched ‘suicide gene’ story: ‘Terminator seeds’ will not usher in agricultural judgment day
UK Guardian botched its story on "terminator" seeds in Brazil, fanning misconceptions, undermining vaccine and drug research ...
Rejection of GMOs ‘a major failing’ of environmental activism
“It took me 10 years to really understand that the science wasn’t supporting what we activists were saying [about genetically ...
Mark Lynas: It’s bad science, but why GMO labels may be inevitable
"In just about three weeks from now, on November 5, Washington State will likely pass a ballot initiative to label ...
Mark Lynas on Philippines travesty: True story about who destroyed Golden Rice GM rice crop
Did you hear that a group of 400 angry farmers attacked and destroyed a field trial of genetically modified rice in the ...