Tag Archives: GE corn

Scientific Uncertainty and Professional Ethics as Related to GMOs

Posted on April 22, 2017 by Belinda

Fred Gould, the chairman of the committee that produced the most recent National Academies report on GMOs, and I were invited to speak at the third and final NSF-funded workshop on the topic of “Scientific Uncertainty and Professional Ethics: Getting … Continue reading →

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Would Nobel Laureate Richard Feynman Have Signed that GMO Letter?

Posted on August 9, 2016 by Belinda

From what I have read about him, I am pretty sure that Richard Feynman would not have signed the recent letter in which a large percentage of our living Nobel laureates urged Greenpeace to end its opposition to genetically modified organisms … Continue reading →

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California EPA to List Glyphosate as Known to the State to Cause Cancer

Posted on September 19, 2015 by Belinda

In case you haven’t already heard… The California Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) has posted notice of its intent to list glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup® and other related herbicides, as “known to the … Continue reading →

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Exposure of Mammals, Birds, Reptiles and Land-Phase Amphibians to Dow Agrosciences’ Pesticide Cocktail?

Posted on December 16, 2014 by Belinda

I’ve already expressed my concern over the fact that U.S. government agencies recently unleashed a ticking bomb with regard to the genetically engineered (GE) “superweed” problem we’re already experiencing in the United States when the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) … Continue reading →

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EPA Expresses Concern Regarding Potential Development of 2,4-D-Resistant Weeds

Posted on November 15, 2014 by Belinda

I am not surprised that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) went ahead and registered Enlist Duo™, Dow Agrosciences’ pesticide cocktail made for spraying on corn and soybean crops genetically engineered (GE) to be tolerant of it. Disappointed, yes. Surprised? … Continue reading →

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Hyper-propagandizing crop genetic engineering in The New Yorker?

Posted on September 21, 2014 by Belinda

I was very disappointed with Michael Specter’s recent piece in The New Yorker called “Seeds of Doubt: An activist’s controversial crusade against genetically modified crops.” For one thing, Specter didn’t seem to understand the basics of crop genetic engineering (GE) itself, … Continue reading →

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EPA Poised to Repeat Superweed Mistake

Posted on June 4, 2014 by Belinda

Twenty years ago scientists debated whether genetically engineering crops to be resistant to herbicides would lead to “superweeds” tolerant of those herbicides. That debate is no longer hypothetical. We now know, based on the rapid development of glyphosate-resistant superweeds, that … Continue reading →

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More Scientific Evidence Is Needed For GE Crop Debate

Posted on March 3, 2014 by Belinda

In addition to the apparent lack of scientific follow-up on the long-term rat-feeding study of Monsanto’s NK603 genetically engineered (GE) corn carried out by Séralini et al., I found various comments among the many letters to the editor of the … Continue reading →

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How Slate.com botched a story about genetically modified food

Posted on August 14, 2013 by Belinda

A few days ago, Jon Entine posted a story on Slate.com reporting that Caitlin Shetterly’s feature in Elle magazine on genetically engineered (GE) corn (AKA genetically modified, or GM, corn) “just doesn’t withstand the critical scrutiny of science.” But Entine’s … Continue reading →

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The 411 on Monsanto’s Genetically Engineered Sweet Corn

Posted on November 2, 2012 by Belinda

Here’s a piece I wrote about Monsanto’s genetically engineered sweet corn that was posted on Tom Philpott’s Mother Jones blog earlier today: Genetically engineered (GE) sweet corn is being sold at a Walmart near you. And because that company has said it sees … Continue reading →

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