Keith Kloor;: “When I drew attention to the piece via Twitter yesterday, there was near instantaneous shock and outrage to it from some scientists. Others also shook their heads in disbelief. “
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Mark Lynas » Golden promise: How ‘biofortification’ could soon be saving hundreds of thousands of lives
Michael Specter: Is Dr. Oz Doing More Harm Than Good? : The New Yorker
Monsanto court case not about save-the-seeds myth – Winnipeg Free Press
GM food: Golden rice will save millions of people from vitamin A deficiency. – Slate Magazine
Finally, after a 12-year delay caused by opponents of genetically modified foods, so-called “golden rice” with vitamin A will be grown in the Philippines. Bu for 8 million kids, the wait was too long.
GM food: Golden rice will save millions of people from vitamin A deficiency. – Slate Magazine.
The GMO Stalemate in Europe
What You Need to Know About Genetically Engineered Food – Greg Jaffe – The Atlantic
Greg Jaffe, Center for Science in the Public Interest, addresses myths on GE crops. What You Need to Know About Genetically Engineered Food – Greg Jaffe – The Atlantic.
“I cried”. Researcher describes her reaction when the bacteria she studied for three decades is suddenly declared a target for bioterrorists
Jared Diamond: GMOs and a Guide to Reducing Life’s Risks
Respected writer Jared Diamond recently published an overall excellent opinion piece in the New York Times discussing how we often obsess about the wrong things, while failing to watch for real dangers.
Jared Diamond’s Guide to Reducing Life’s Risks – NYTimes.com.
Many of us in the Plant biology community were quite surprised at one phrase buried in an otherwise excellent article:
‘It turns out that we exaggerate the risks of events that are beyond our control, that cause many deaths at once or that kill in spectacular ways — crazy gunmen, terrorists, plane crashes, nuclear radiation, genetically modified crops. Continue reading “Jared Diamond: GMOs and a Guide to Reducing Life’s Risks”
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