The benefits of some GMOs are touted using weak data. This post reviews examples and shows that GMO traits diversify our food supply, even if their benefits are neutral.
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GMO Feeding Studies
This post introduces our infographic about GMO feeding studies. Proper experimental design is the foundation of any scientific publication. However, a study is not so easy to plan, particularly when it includes methods that are expensive or that use tools that are hard…
Only Seralini can Censor Seralini
Written by Kevin Folta The 2012 work by Seralini et al has long been retracted, and months later friends and admirers of Prof Seralini still are screaming foul and injustice, even leveling claims of censorship. In the recent online twitter…
Why I’m Going To Hawaii: Simply to Share Science
Written by Kevin Folta It is the best of times. Science has improved our communications, medicine, transportation, and security. It has taught us about the large and the small and taught us about the fundamental building blocks of life’s information-…
Can the Damage from Agenda-driven Junk Science be Undone?
Written by Steve Savage Unfortunately, junk science can be generated by people with agendas, and the editorial process does not always prevent it from getting the undeserved legitimacy of publication. In extreme cases the legitimate scientific community responds, but can…
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