Jonathan Latham and Allison Wilson Lester Crawford, ex-chairman of the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) Obesity Working Group faces the likelihood of a jail sentence in the new year. His offence was making false statements …
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Unapproved Transgene Contaminates US Rice Supply
Jonathan Latham and Allison Wilson Transgene escape has again become a major biosafety and financial issue. On 18 August the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) revealed that non-transgenic long grain rice in the US was …
Continue readingTransgenic Bt Maize Pollen Harms Swallowtails
Jonathan Latham and Allison Wilson Pollen from a Bt insect resistant maize is highly toxic to the European common swallowtail butterfly (Papilio Machaon) according to a paper published last week in the journal Basic and …
Continue readingThe River: A Journey to the Source of HIV and AIDS
Book Author: Edward Hooper Reviewed by: Jonathan Latham (The Bioscience Resource Project) If humans really did acquire HIV/AIDS from bushmeat, then how can one explain that the four known variants of HIV (three different types …
Continue readingA Precautionary Tale: How One Small Town Banned Pesticides, Preserved Its Food Heritage, and Inspired a Movement
by Allison Wilson, PhD It was the first day of two weeks’ voting. The rural alpine municipality of Mals was about to consider a revolutionary possibility – a vote for a “Pesticide Free Mals.” A “yes” …
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