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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Regulators Discover a Hidden Viral Gene in Commercial GMO Crops
by Jonathan Latham and Allison Wilson How should a regulatory agency announce they have discovered something potentially very important about the safety of products they have been approving for over twenty years? In the course …
Continue readingSeralini and Science: an Open Letter
(Authors listed below) (Traduction Francaise) A new paper by the French group of Gilles-Eric Seralini describes harmful effects on rats fed diets containing genetically modified maize (variety NK603), with and without the herbicide Roundup, as …
Continue readingNew Report Links Food, Climate and Agricultural Policies
Jonathan Latham and Allison Wilson Understanding of the ‘problem’ of agriculture took a giant step forward in 2007 with publication of the UN IAASTD report. This report, which was as important for agriculture as the …
Continue readingHow Agriculture Can Provide Food Security Without Destroying Biodiversity
Jonathan Latham and Allison Wilson According to conventional wisdom, the Brazilian city of Belo Horizonte (pop. 2.5 million) has achieved something impossible. So, too, has the island of Cuba. They are feeding their hungry populations …
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