{"id":12609,"date":"2014-01-30T16:56:47","date_gmt":"2014-01-30T21:56:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.discovermagazine.com\/collideascape\/?p=12609"},"modified":"2014-01-30T16:56:47","modified_gmt":"2014-01-30T21:56:47","slug":"stop-legitimizing-loony-anti-gmo-voices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.keithkloor.com\/?p=12609","title":{"rendered":"Stop Legitimizing the Loony Anti-GMO Voices"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> 
<a href="https://castlehomecomfort.com/plumbing-maintenance/">https://castlehomecomfort.com/plumbing-maintenance/</a> A hypothetical:<\/p>\n<p> 
<a href="https://theroyalstagproperties.com/our-place/">https://theroyalstagproperties.com/our-place/</a> You are a journalist who has written a great deal about the anti-vaccine movement and you have been asked to participate in a panel on the safety of childhood vaccines. This panel was organized by professional medical and health journalists.<\/p>\n<p> 
<a href="https://worklivelaos.com/comic_party2/">https://worklivelaos.com/comic_party2/</a> Also on this hypothetical panel would be a prominent scientist, such as <a href=\"http:\/\/paul-offit.com\/about\/\" target=\"_blank\">Paul Offit<\/a>, who has authored <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Deadly-Choices-Anti-Vaccine-Movement-Threatens\/dp\/B005HKUA4O\" target=\"_blank\">numerous books<\/a> rebutting myths and misinformation about vaccines (and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Do-You-Believe-Magic-Alternative\/dp\/0062222961\" target=\"_blank\">more recently<\/a>, alternative medicine practices). The third panelist would be a persistent anti-vaccine activist, perhaps\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/kim-stagliano\/dr-paul-offit-pope-of-the_b_329919.html\" target=\"_blank\">someone<\/a>\u00a0from the group <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ageofautism.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Age of Autism<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> 
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<a href="https://disneycruisinggroup.com/releases/"></a> For this reason, maybe they would decline to participate in such a forum. I&#8217;m only speculating.<\/p>\n<p> 
<a href="https://www.secpeinvestments.com/cameroon-investment/">Hydrocodone Purchase Online</a> I raise this hypothetical because I just turned down an opportunity to participate in an upcoming panel on GMOs. The organizer initially asked if I would moderate a panel that included\u00a0scientists and advocates &#8220;pro- and con-GMO.&#8221; I expressed interest after hearing that the objective was &#8220;to foster a lively and\u00a0<em>factual<\/em>\u00a0discussion on GMO&#8217;s with a well-rounded panel.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> 
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<a href="https://dinoeliadis.com/recommended-reading/">https://dinoeliadis.com/recommended-reading/</a> Just to be clear: I am in favor of a robust discussion on any topic, especially one with a diversity of perspectives. (For the anti-GMO side, I suggested the organizer invite representatives from the Union of Concerned Scientists.) But I don&#8217;t think that someone with fringe views and assertions wholly unsupported by science can help &#8220;foster a lively and factual discussion on GMOs.&#8221; And make no mistake, Smith is as fringe as they come. As I have <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.discovermagazine.com\/collideascape\/2013\/05\/14\/leaky-brains-and-gmos\/#.Uuq-0Cgrz18\">previously discussed here<\/a>, he has asserted that autism and Alzheimer&#8217;s disease, among many other medical problems, can be attributed to GMOs. Did I mention that <a href=\"http:\/\/academicsreview.org\/reviewed-individuals\/jeffrey-smith\/\" target=\"_blank\">he has no expertise<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p> 
<a href="https://dentalprovidence.com/endodontic-surgery/"></a> That Smith has become a go-to person\u00a0for the anti-GMO movement speaks as much to his marketing skills as it does to the kind of forums <a href=\"http:\/\/www.responsibletechnology.org\/lecture-calendar\" target=\"_blank\">he is regularly invited to<\/a> and the lack of vetting by those (who should know better) who invite him to participate in otherwise well-meaning events. It&#8217;s unfortunate (but <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/reporting\/2013\/02\/04\/130204fa_fact_specter?currentPage=all\" target=\"_blank\">not surprising<\/a>) that\u00a0Dr Oz has irresponsibly given Smith a huge forum (twice!). Science-minded organizers who confer legitimacy on Smith with speaking invitations should ask themselves if they would similarly invite anti-vaccine cranks to expound on the health and safety of vaccines.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 
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