Thomas Sims, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in the Biological Sciences department at NIU. He was interviewed for a column about genetically engineered crops written for Northern Star Online, that claimed that GE foods are unsafe, quoting Dr. Oz, Jeffrey…
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GMO Food Is Actually Already Labeled If You Know A Few Rules
Written by Steve Savage Back in 1995, I was party to some discussions about whether about-to-be-released GMO crops should be labeled at the consumer level. It was clear that a failure to do so would look to some like a…
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Way Too Much Angst About GMO Crops
Written by Steve Savage From what I read on various blogs and comment streams, there is way too much angst out there about GMO crops. Too much angst because every significant panel of scientists that has reviewed this technology has…
The Cost Of Precaution
Written by Steve Savage The graph above shows the relative production of these major US row crops comparing the years 1993-1995 (just prior to the introduction of biotechnology enhanced crops) and 2008-10 (the most recent available data which covers a…
When Our Friends Lie
Written by Kevin Folta Last night I woke up in a fog, face down on the couch, fully dressed with my work clothes on. It was 3:44 AM and the artifacts around me described the scene. A partially eaten salad,…
Romania, GE, and Changing a Nation
Written by Kevin Folta The last talk of the IHC2010 session on transgenic plants and public policy was Dr. Carmen Popescu. Her first words hit me in the chest like a sledge hammer and I'll save them for the conclusion…
Genetically Modified Foods Could Be A Solution To The Effects Of Climate Change
Written by Jack Lundee Earth is a sustainable planet that produces life, shelter, and sustenance to billions of its inhabitants, but the climate of this planet is changing and with that we must also change. To continue to reap the…
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Supreme Court hearing on GMO Alfalfa
There is certainly a lot of commotion about the first ever US Supreme Court hearing involving genetically engineered crops, which is being held today. The case is Monsanto Company v. Geertson Seed Farms, (SCOTUS Wiki) and depending on how this…
Real berries, fake news!
I'm back from my trip to Thailand safe and sound, a little prematurely tan on my neck (for Wisconsin), and big smile on my face. One of my favorite days of the year is the first of April, trickery in…
Academics Review meets Genetic Roulette
As I've mentioned before, I'm an Australian. But us Ozzies get to meet a lot of Americans. American author of Seeds of Deception and public speaker Jeffrey Smith's of Fairfield Iowa, first came to the attention of Australians when he…