By Jonathan Latham, PhD and Allison Wilson, PhD Gene-editing is seen by many as the ultimate in precision breeding. Polled cattle, whose horns have been genetically removed, have been presented as exemplars of this–a socially …
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University of California System Halts Use of Glyphosate Herbicide
by Jonathan Latham, PhD University of California President Janet Napolitano has halted the use of glyphosate on all ten of its campuses, which serve over 200,000 students. Glyphosate is the active ingredient in the Monsanto …
Continue readingGMO Golden Rice Offers No Nutritional Benefits Says FDA
by Allison Wilson, PhD and Jonathan Latham, PhD The biotech industry and its supporters have promoted GMO Golden Rice for decades as an urgently needed solution to vitamin A deficiency. But, in a surprising twist, …
Continue readingGates Foundation Hired PR Firm to Manipulate UN Over Gene Drives
by Jonathan Latham, PhD The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation this year paid a PR firm called Emerging Ag $1.6 million to recruit a covert coalition of academics to manipulate a UN decision-making process over …
Continue readingYears Before Vietnam, the Chemical Industry Knew About Dioxins
Petra Sorge (BuzzFeed Contributor) On 17 November 1953 a catastrophic accident took place at a German chemical plant owned by BASF (Badische Anilin und Soda-Fabrik). Production went badly out of control and dozens of workers …
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