Tag Archives: CA Right To Know

The Good News About the Bad Effort in Congress to Thwart GMO Labeling by States

The Editorial Board of The New York Times declared a few days ago that it “is a bad idea” for the United States Senate to join the United States House of Representatives in trying “to make it harder for consumers to … Continue reading

Posted in Biotechnology | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

GMOs and Democracy

The start of a comment made in response to my last post—“Maybe it is undemocratic but in this case…”—still bothers me. It also worries me when I hear plant molecular biologists say: “I would normally be in favor of labeling, … Continue reading

Posted in Biotechnology | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | 5 Comments

Op Ed on Prop 37 in The San Jose Mercury News

Here’s an op-ed piece I wrote that was published in The San Jose Mercury News earlier this week: I’m a molecular geneticist who helped commercialize the world’s first genetically engineered whole food. I wholeheartedly support providing Californians with information about whether … Continue reading

Posted in Biotechnology | Tagged , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Danny DeVito and Friends: Yes on 37 Video

Here’s a video about Prop 37 put together by Food & Water Watch’s campaign in favor of labeling GE foods. For more information on Food & Water Watch and Prop 37 visit: http://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/yeson37.

Posted in Biotechnology | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

On the Right to Know What We’re Buying

Here is the text of an op-ed piece I wrote that was published in the Davis Enterprise on September 20, 2012: Proposition 37, “The California Right to Know Genetically Engineered Food Act,” was not written “to authorize a whole new … Continue reading

Posted in Biotechnology | Tagged , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

Open Letter to the American Medical Association

It is striking that nowhere in AMA document H-480.958, amended June 2012, is it mentioned that both of the major methods currently utilized to genetically engineer crop plants are highly mutagenic processes.  Foreign genes transferred from one organism to another … Continue reading

Posted in Biotechnology | Tagged , , , | 2 Comments