Jonathan Latham and Allison Wilson LL601, the genetically engineered rice variety that has contaminated the US rice supply, is safe. The USDA says so. The UK Food Standards Agency says so. The US Food and …
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US Beef may cause Infertility in Males: A Hormone Link?
Jonathan Latham and Allison Wilson Pregnant women who eat beef from cattle treated with growth-promoting hormones may be damaging the future fertility of their unborn sons. New findings suggest that hormones widely given to American …
Continue readingStudy Questions Application of Animal Experiments to Humans
Jonathan Latham and Allison Wilson Much of science, including healthcare research and important fields of risk assessment, depend, in part or in whole, on the presumption that animal models can usefully predict human responses to …
Continue readingFOE Report Criticises EU Biotechnology Strategy as ill-focussed and not evidence-based
Jonathan Latham and Allison Wilson A major stated goal of the European Union is to integrate and support ecological sustainability, job creation and competitiveness as stated in the form of the Lisbon objectives. These goals …
Continue readingContaminated Rice Cultivar Banned in Arkansas
Jonathan Latham and Allison Wilson As part of an ongoing US effort to purge contaminating transgenic traits from rice varieties, the state plant board of Arkansas has banned the BASF rice variety Clearfield 131. Clearfield …
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