Does Carey Gilliam's book measure up against the hype, and does it carefully address inconvenient data that runs contrary to its thesis? Here is my Whitewash review.
Tag: glyphosate
Glyphosate, breast milk, science and conflict
Last year while driving across the country, I made a slight detour northward to visit the city of Moscow, Idaho. I met up with Professor Shelley McGuire at Washington State University and two other members of her team, Kimberly Lackey…
Monsanto, Monsanto, blah blah breast milk, Monsanto
Written by Bill Price Last spring, I was invited to contribute to a project involving several talented researchers regarding the detection of the herbicide glyphosate in human breast milk. While such a request would normally be in the scope and…
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Better Know a Farmer: No-Till Expert Bill Crabtree
In this issue of “Better Know a Farmer”, I contacted Bill Crabtree to learn about “no-till farming”. If you’re saying to yourself, “No-till? What are you waiting for? Till when? It doesn’t make sense” then you’re not alone. Bill has…
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Dead plants are probably bad for earthworms
Written by Andrew Kniss. Editor's note: This article was originally posted at the Weed Control Freaks blog. An earthworm. Source: Wikimedia Commons. I've gotten a number of questions recently about a new study titled "Glyphosate-based herbicides reduce the activity and…
Medical Doctors weigh in on Glyphosate Claims
Before the Holidays, a claim was being circulated around about glyphosate - the active ingredient in Roundup herbicide. The claim is that half of all children will be autistic by 2025 - and the source for this claim is none…
Don’t believe what Dr. Oz is saying about Enlist herbicide
Television personality Dr Oz has released a video about a herbicide called Enlist Duo. Virtually nothing in this video is accurate.
Roundup in 75% of Air? What the report actually says
Written by Kevin Folta Last week the anti-biotech websites exploded with the news: "Roundup Weedkiller Found in 75% of Air and Rain Samples, Gov. Study Finds" and more scary-sounding titles like that. My first response was to get a copy…
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Huber’s claims in Maui lack evidence
Yesterday, Dr. Don Huber spoke in Maui as part of an event that kicked off a political campaign to ban genetically engineered crops from the island. The same day, a letter to the editor by Dr. Harold Keyser, a retired soil…
Deconstructing Don Huber – A Tale of Two Talks
Written by Rob Wallbridge This is a story of two talks, both of which are almost identical. It’s also the story of two people, both of whom are also the same person. What separates both are a couple of years,…