By Caius Rommens Genetic engineering isn’t everyone’s childhood dream. Even I didn’t care for it when I started studying biology at the University of Amsterdam, but my professor explained it was an acquired taste and …
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Stuffed or Starved? Evolutionary Plant Breeding Might Have the Answer
by Salvatore Ceccarelli Science has recently begun associating the decline of biodiversity with the increase of inflammatory diseases. These range from inflammatory bowel disease, to ulcerative colitis, to cardiovascular disorders, to various liver diseases and …
Continue readingEU’s GMO Regulator Ignored Human Health Warnings Over a Monsanto Insecticidal Corn
by Claire Robinson A Monsanto genetically modified (GMO) maize, called MON89034, caused kidney disease and bladder stones in rats in industry tests performed in 2007. Several EU member states, including Germany, Belgium, Austria, and France, …
Continue readingHow the Once Tiny Waste Management Industry Captured EPA and Became VERY BIG
By William Sanjour In 1978 I was a branch chief in the newly created Hazardous Waste Management Division of EPA. I was charged with supervising the drafting of regulations to implement the hazardous waste portion of …
Continue readingEU Reapproval of Glyphosate Leaves Environmentalists’ Strategy in Tatters; What Now?
by Jonathan Latham, PhD The ecology of Planet Earth is rapidly collapsing under a rising tide of toxic pollution and plastic waste as, in every sector of the economy, natural products and methods are replaced …
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