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Genetic Literacy Project
March 30, 2018
If there is a braver or more morally conscientious person in Britain than Mark Lynas, I should be surprised. Or so I felt by the final page of Seeds of Science: Why We Got It So Wrong on GMOs. It is a dull title for a gripping account of how Lynas turned from a pioneering protester against genetically modifiedÃâà...
Drovers Magazine
March 29, 2018
Partly because GMOs are tangled up in the backdrop of corporate control (think Monsanto), which is a red flag for many people and provides anti-GM activists with a ready-made villain to demonize. But the truth is that “the industry,” broadly defined, did it to themselves. The anti-GMO campaigns would neverÃâà...
Genetic Literacy Project
March 29, 2018
A regional coalition of farmers, consumers, and environment activists [in the Philippines] has called on the government to reject “foreign safety stamps” on the genetically-engineered “golden rice,” which might pose risk to public health. The Stop Golden Rice Network asserted that such stamp of approvalÃâà...
AGDAILY
March 28, 2018
For those unaware, Shiva is one of the world's most famous anti-GMO activists, hailing from India. She's giving a speech on Monday, April 16, at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, where I did a year of my undergrad. I found out that the university got a “good deal” since they had flexible scheduling for herÃâà...
Massive
March 28, 2018
From negative press driven by anti-GMO activists; regulatory blocks which slowed down the adoption of the technology into rice varieties used by Asian farmers; reluctance by public institutions to face down activist opposition; and a lack of funding for various experiments, the 20-year story of Golden Rice isÃâà...
Genetic Literacy Project
March 24, 2018
The New York Times has released a trove of Benbrook's emails secured in a FOIA request, documenting his organic industry funding and his close ties to anti-GMO activists and journalists, including Robyn O'Brien, who bills herself as the food world's Erin Brokovich. A separate FOIA led to the release ofÃâà...
Genetic Literacy Project
March 21, 2018
Copper sulfate is used a great deal in organic farming, especially with potatoes, grapes, tomatoes and apples. In comparison, glyphosate — one of the world's most popular herbicides — is focused on weed control and is not used in organic farming. Instead, it has attracted the attention of anti-GMO activistsÃâà...
Genetic Literacy Project
March 16, 2018
Environmental journalist Mark Lynas' 'Seeds of Science' book details science conversion and past anti-GMO antics ... [and journalist] Mark Lynas is set to release a new book next month which details his enlightening journey working behind the scenes with other ideologically driven activists - breaking theÃâà...
Genetic Literacy Project
March 15, 2018
Ugandan farmers, scientists hope to bring solution to armyworm invasion blocked by anti-GMO activists ... [P]olitically influential anti-GMO activists, who are mainly supported by foreign NGOs, remain determined to prevent Uganda's subsistence farmers from ever being able to access any GM crops.
Carroll Daily Times Herald
March 14, 2018
Thanks to anti-GMO activists, most African countries have prohibited these crops. It would seem that a second problem would be the steep price for these seeds and the attending pesticides for small family farmers who are still the principal maize producers in that continent. Foreign aid could make a big difference in thisÃâà...
Carroll Daily Times Herald
March 14, 2018
Thanks to anti-GMO activists, most African countries have prohibited these crops. It would seem that a second problem would be the steep price for these seeds and the attending pesticides for small family farmers who are still the principal maize producers in that continent. Foreign aid could make a big difference in thisÃâà...
Mirror.co.uk
March 11, 2018
“After all our elaborate precautions the Roslin scientists had outfoxed us by hiding Dolly in plain sight.” Lynas's book follows his 2013 decision to break with his fellow activists and admit his anti-GMO campaign was wrong. At the time, he said: “I apologise for having spent several years ripping up GM crops.
The Times
March 11, 2018
Dolly the sheep, the world's first clone of an adult mammal, was the target of a kidnapping attempt by green activists opposed to genetically modified organisms (GMOs), a leading ... Lynas's book follows his 2013 decision to break with his fellow activists and admit his anti-GMO campaign was wrong.
Tsarizm (blog)
March 3, 2018
Will Democrats Admit Russia Instigated, Funded, Pipeline Protests, Anti-Fracking Campaign, Anti-GMO? ... The U.S. House of Representatives released a report yesterday which shows the Russian troll farms used social media to incite Left-wing activists against the U.S. fossil fuel industry, promptingÃâà...
Drovers Magazine
March 2, 2018
“Stirring the anti-GMO pot would serve a great many of Russia's political, economic and military objectives,” Dorius told the Des Moines Register. Unfortunately, that pot is already stirred — and shaken — thanks to a perfect storm of corporate self-interest abetted by activist opportunism. What we don't needÃâà...
Genetic Literacy Project
February 24, 2018
Joseph Mercola, D.O., is an osteopathic physician, health activist and entrepreneur practicing near Chicago. He is the author of two New York Times best-sellers, The No-Grain Diet (with Alison Rose Levy) and The Great Bird Flu Hoax, together with several other alternative health, diet and lifestyle books.
Genetic Literacy Project
February 23, 2018
But activists known for their fierce opposition to GMOs have cast doubt on vaccine safety—in this case not because of the vaccines themselves (although many GMO ... Glyphosate is a favorite target of anti-GMO groups because some genetically modified crops have been engineered to resist the herbicide.
Genetic Literacy Project
February 20, 2018
[G]lyphosate [is] in the spotlight again as anti-GMO activist group Moms Across America released test results suggesting trace levels of the herbicide (commonly used with GE crops) in brands from Lipton to Skippy's.... To place the data in context, Moms Across America released data from Health ResearchÃâà...
Genetic Literacy Project
February 20, 2018
This move comes after the re-authorization of the herbicide glyphosate, which has been under repeated fire from anti-GMO activist groups for alleged health concerns. This parliamentary committee “investigating potential failures in the EU's system for renewing pesticides” is set to be chaired by Eric AndrieuÃâà...
Genetic Literacy Project
February 19, 2018
Scientists in Uganda had hoped it was the dawn of a new era in food security for a drought-prone region. In October, Uganda's legislature moved to lift a ban on genetically modified crops, a move that stoked both hopes and fears in a fiercely divided populace. Where proponents saw opportunity to lift aÃâà...
Christian Science Monitor
February 16, 2018
“The president raised the issues we have been raising over time,” says Agnes Kirabo, the executive director of Uganda Food Rights Alliance and one of the country's fiercest anti-GMO activists. “It makes me proud to see the fountain of honor reiterating our concern,” she says. As in other parts of the world,Ãâà...
Big Think (blog)
February 13, 2018
before listing many diseases and conditions that anti-vaccine activists claim to want to prevent. California is already home to many of the strictest environmental regulations in the United States, and made headlines in anti-vax circles when they began to aggressively scrutinize personal belief exemptions forÃâà...
Genetic Literacy Project
February 8, 2018
In India, Nobel laureate biochemist Richard Roberts calls for politicians to listen to scientists—not activists—on GMOs ... UK-based scientist Richard J Roberts, who won the Nobel Prize in physiology in 1993, criticised the "anti-GMO people" ... and said politicians should listen to the scientists and not theÃâà...
Genetic Literacy Project
February 5, 2018
Environmentalist and former anti-GMO activist Mark Lynas gave his famous speech at the Oxford Farming Conference stating explicitly: His anti-GMO views had been a form of denialism. And the state initiative campaigns led to major scientific organizations [PDF] issuing consensus statements on GMOs.
Genetic Literacy Project
December 31, 1999
Meanwhile, anti-GMO activists in the US, such as US Right to Know's Gary Ruskin, often share anti-GMO articles from Russia Today and Sputnik News on social media to promote their agenda. In addition, Organic Consumers Association head Ronnie Cummins has appeared on RT to spread his anti-GMOÃâà...
American Council on Science and Health
December 31, 1999
Yet despite decades of solid science a number of anti-GMO articles have continued to appear that hope to cause concern, alleging that they are a ... Celebrity physician Dr. Oz, activist organizations such as the Center for Food Safety, and industry trade groups like Organic Consumers Association alsoÃâà...
Genetic Literacy Project
December 31, 1999
Genes are expressed differently in each living being, but also are in no way “foreign.” That may be a popular word for anti-GMO activists, but it's not a term that scientists use. Yet this kind of visual and written demonization continues. But with the advent of gene editing, and the CRISPR revolution, this talkingÃâà...
