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Bill Nye Gets Invited to Attend Another GMO Debate

https://www.beecavebee.com/he8a8ua If you missed the recent Intelligence Squared debate on GMOs, it’s worth watching. Or if you prefer, read the transcript.  Like Nathanael Johnson, I was initially dubious about the event, then pleasantly surprised at how it turned out. I was also a kinda surprised to see Bill Nye (The Science Guy) piggyback on it: They’re debating… Continue Reading…

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Are GMOs Natural?

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… https://calif-ilc.org/568jvkra Continue Reading…

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Talking Points

https://baixacultura.org/2025/02/01/ikhcg9e1ck5 One of the maddening aspects of the GMO discourse is the conflation of industry concerns with science. The biggest example, of course, is the way Monsanto has become a proxy for anti-GMO sentiment. True, this dynamic is not unique to biotechnology. Debates on pharmaceuticals, energy, and agriculture revolve around multinational companies that are stand-ins for… https://seameotropmednetwork.org/docus/todedaka/ Continue Reading…

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The Specter of GMO Pot

https://www.nhgazette.com/2025/02/01/24snq9l I surfaced briefly today, checking my Twitter feed at just the right time:

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A Refreshing, Freshly Squeezed GMO Story in the NYT

There is so much to admire about this New York Times story by Amy Harmon I don’t know where to begin. [UPDATE: This insightful take by Maggie Koerth-Baker at Boing Boing–which I excerpt below–captures what is remarkable about the piece.] So let’s start with a tweet from National Geographic’s executive environment editor Dennis Dimick: Must Read:… https://juristas-ruidos.org/lso8yutai Continue Reading…

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Who's Polarizing the GMO Debate?

I love this piece in the Guardian about GMOs, I really do. It’s so exquisitely disingenuous that you have to admire the writer’s chutzpah. Let’s start with this line (my emphasis): Why is it that some politicians and prominent scientists and “communications” agencies are so exclusively preoccupied with GM [genetic modification]? I can’t imagine that… Continue Reading…

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Monsanto Wins Headline Sweepstakes

I’m guessing that nobody at Monsanto has ever invoked the adage, “There is is no such thing as bad publicity.” The biotech giant, already a bogeyman to the anti-globalization/anti-corporate/anti-GMO crowd, has endured a particularly rough PR stretch of late. Last month, protesters from around the globe marched against the company. Then came news of Monsanto’s “rogue” GMO wheat,… Continue Reading…

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Nature's Must-Read Special Issue on GMOs

https://regenamex.com/y3414n2avk By now it has become clear, as British environmental writer Mark Lynas said in a speech this week at Cornell University, that controversy over GMOs represents one of the greatest science communications failures of the past half-century. Millions, possibly billions, of people have come to believe what is essentially a conspiracy theory, generating fear and… https://electroseleccio.cat/gsmen5r Continue Reading…

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Why GMO Supporters Should Embrace Labels

https://sapooni.com/ef3awejpgxy Guest post by Ramez Naam.   Keith Kloor has graciously given me the opportunity to guest post here again.  So let me cut to the chase: I support GMOs.  And we should label them. We should label them because that is the very best thing we can do for public acceptance of agricultural biotech. And… https://www.suitupmaine.org/9vey7zk Continue Reading…

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The Sacred Messenger

https://www.suitupmaine.org/h7xvpnqj Once upon a time, long before a recent wave of ideological zealotry drove the Republican party to cleanse itself of moderates, appeals for GOP comity were often couched in Ronald Reagan’s eleventh commandment: Thou shalt not speak ill of any fellow Republican In liberal and environmental circles, a similar dictate seems to now hold, with respect… Continue Reading…