Michelle Bamberger and Robert E. Oswald (Photo credit: Marcellus Protest) Extraction of hydrocarbon gas from tight shale formations using horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing has been advertised as a path toward energy independence for the …
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Seralini 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 readingVitamin A Wars: the Downsides of Donor-driven Aid
Ted Greiner, Professor of Nutrition, Hanyang University, Korea (Photo Credit: Jon Orlando) Surely one of the most precious of human dreams is to become rich and famous by doing good for others. And what could …
Continue readingDesigned to Fail: Why Regulatory Agencies Don’t Work
William Sanjour* Albert Einstein said the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. We have been “reforming” regulatory agencies over and over again, and over and …
Continue readingThe AquaBounty Salmon: Will the World’s First Commercial GE Animal Be an Albatross?
Jonathan Latham and Allison Wilson (Photo Credit: Yodod) Is it unrealistic to expect the scientific approval process for the world’s first commercial genetically engineered (GE) animal, the AquAdvantage salmon, to be rigorous and complete? Or …
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