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GMO Opponents Use Fear and Deception to Advance Their Cause

March 28, 2014 by Keith Kloor | Filed in biotechnology, genetically modified foods, GMOs, science, science communication, select | 191 comments

https://www.infoturismiamoci.com/2025/03/tyyads0 The anti-GMO troops in the United States received some unwelcome news this week from Margaret Hamburg, commissioner of the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA). At a congressional hearing on Thursday, Hamburg reiterated the FDA’s support for voluntary GMO labeling initiatives, but nothing beyond that: The way FDA has for many years interpreted the law… Continue Reading…

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Does Destruction of Research Foster Science Communication?

January 29, 2014 by Keith Kloor | Filed in biotechnology, genetically modified foods, GMOs, Greenpeace, science, science communication | 8 comments

https://www.andrewlhicksjrfoundation.org/uncategorized/7tqvr4o87ux The upcoming Australian Science Communicators conference is featuring a talk by the CEO of Greenpeace Australia Pacific. Here’s the abstract (my emphasis): Greenpeace is a science-based campaigning organization whose purpose is to stand up for the environment. We detect and understand the environmental problems we face through science, and depend on science and technology to… Continue Reading…

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Are GMOs Natural?

December 19, 2013 by Keith Kloor | Filed in agriculture, genetic engineering, genetically modified foods, GMOs, organic agriculture, select | 24 comments

https://www.plantillaslago.com/o5hrlf3h The Environmental Working Group (EWG) describes itself as America’s “most effective environmental health research and advocacy organization.” Like many green groups (and health-conscious foodies), EWG has an organic fetish. Michael Specter has a great chapter on this syndrome in his 2009 book, Denialism: How Irrational Thinking Hinders Scientific Progress, Harms the Planet and Threatens Our Lives. The organic… Continue Reading…

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The GMO Labeling Debate

May 12, 2013 by Keith Kloor | Filed in biotechnology, genetically modified foods, GMOs, select | 300 comments

https://www.tomolpack.com/2025/03/11/h3s7d8gy There are two camps that favor labeling genetically modified [GM] foods: 1) The “Right to Know” people, who say they just want to know what’s in their food. This is a specious argument. The truth is they think there is something harmful about GMOs. Why else would they feel so strongly about labeling genetically modified… https://www.mdifitness.com/rxo4z3579 Continue Reading…

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Mark Lynas Responds to His Detractors

January 31, 2013 by Keith Kloor | Filed in biotechnology, genetic engineering, genetically modified foods, select | 4 comments

Buy Ambien Online Canada It’s been almost a month since UK environmental writer Mark Lynas apologized for his prior anti-GMO activism. His speech, let’s recall, was an internet sensation. Many applauded Lynas’s change of heart (he is now firmly pro-GMO), plenty others jeered it, and more than a few rolled their eyes. And everyone has moved on except anti-GMO campaigners…. Continue Reading…

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The Anguished Lament of a Science-Minded Liberal

January 1, 2013 by Keith Kloor | Filed in biotechnology, climate change, cultural cognition, genetically modified foods, GMOs, science, select | 2 comments

https://ottawaphotographer.com/2fbvwr28r2y On Twitter, some smart people I follow alerted me to a post titled, “2012: The year crazy and stupid went mainstream.” It’s by a writer named Bernie Mooney who defines himself as a “progressive contrarian.” Here’s how he begins his post: I’ve always been of the mind that stupid should hurt, so 2012 was a hard… Zolpidem Uk Buy Online Continue Reading…

Food Fights

December 22, 2012 by Keith Kloor | Filed in AquaBounty, biotechnology, food movement, genetic engineering, GMOs, select | No comments

https://municion.org/4z96law4 Get ready for another wave of anti-GMO mania. This one is about to rise up with the news that genetically modified salmon are on the verge of being approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). There is quite an interesting backstory to this development, which Jon Entine revealed at Slate several days ago. The short version… Continue Reading…

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Who Will Elevate the Conversation on GMOs?

October 24, 2012 by Keith Kloor | Filed in agriculture, GMOs | 20 comments

https://www.emilymunday.co.uk/1f7d3surmr Yesterday, Amy Goodman of Democracy Now devoted her program to a discussion on California’s Proposition 37, a voter initiative that, if passed on November 6, would mandate the labeling of many foods in the state’s grocery stores (restaurants are exempted) if they contained genetically modified ingredients. One of the guests on the program was Michael Pollan,… https://www.plantillaslago.com/cl9om6rx Continue Reading…

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