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The Goodman Affair: Monsanto Targets the Heart of Science

May 20, 2013
R Goodman

by Claire Robinson and Jonathan Latham, PhD Richard Smith, former editor of the British Medical Journal, has jested that instead of scientific peer review, its rival The Lancet had a system of throwing a pile …

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Biotechnology, Commentaries, Health

Is the Hidden Viral Gene Safe? GMO Regulators Fail to Convince

February 27, 2013
EFSA Head Office

by Jonathan Latham, PhD and Allison Wilson, PhD Having unwittingly allowed a viral gene into the food chain, the response of regulators so far has been to release statements intended to allay public concerns. These …

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Biotechnology, Commentaries, Health

Regulators Discover a Hidden Viral Gene in Commercial GMO Crops

January 21, 2013
Cauliflower Mosaic Virus

by Jonathan Latham and Allison Wilson How should a regulatory agency announce they have discovered something potentially very important about the safety of products they have been approving for over twenty years? In the course …

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Biotechnology, Commentaries, Health

Seralini and Science: an Open Letter

October 2, 2012
Gilles-Eric Seralini

(Authors listed below) (Traduction Francaise) A new paper by the French group of Gilles-Eric Seralini describes harmful effects on rats fed diets containing genetically modified maize (variety NK603), with and without the herbicide Roundup, as …

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Biotechnology, Commentaries

The AquaBounty Salmon: Will the World’s First Commercial GE Animal Be an Albatross?

October 6, 2010
The AquaBounty Salmon

Jonathan Latham and Allison Wilson (Photo Credit: Yodod) Is it unrealistic to expect the scientific approval process for the world’s first commercial genetically engineered (GE) animal, the AquAdvantage salmon, to be rigorous and complete? Or …

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