by Jonathan Latham, PhD Professor Pamela Ronald is probably the scientist most widely known for publicly defending genetically engineered (GE or GMO) crops. Her media persona, familiar to readers of the Boston Globe, the Wall …
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The Founding Fables of Industrialised Agriculture
by Colin Tudge Governments these days are not content with agriculture that merely provides good food. In line with the dogma of neoliberalism they want it to contribute as much wealth as any other industry …
Continue readingNo Scientific Consensus on Safety of Genetically Modified Organisms
Press release from ENSSER: There is no scientific consensus on the safety of genetically modified foods and crops, according to a statement released today by an international group of more than 90 scientists, academics and …
Continue readingPoor Numbers: How We Are Misled by African Development Statistics
by Morten Jerven Associate Professor, Simon Fraser University, Canada On 5 November 2010, Ghana Statistical Services announced that it was revising national GDP estimates upwards by over 60 percent. After the revision a range of …
Continue readingStill Chasing Ghosts: A New Genetic Methodology Will Not Find the “Missing Heritability”
By Evan Charney, Duke Institute for Brain Science, Duke University One of the hopes and promises of the Human Genome Sequencing Project was that it would revolutionize the understanding, diagnosis, and treatment of most human …
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