Tag Archives: Genetic Engineering

Scientific Uncertainty and Professional Ethics as Related to GMOs

Posted on April 22, 2017 by

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

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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US Food Standard: Reasonable Certainty of No Harm

Posted on April 13, 2016 by

There seems to be some confusion among people I have interacted with recently as to whether the standard for food safety in the United States is one of “relative safety,” i.e. one that permits foods, food additives or foods with … Continue reading →

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

Posted on February 29, 2016 by

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 →

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Kudos to Campbell Soup for Supporting Mandatory Federal GMO Labeling

Posted on January 10, 2016 by

As announced in a company press release and reported by The New York Times on January 8, Campbell Soup Company is calling for mandatory federal labeling of foods “that may contain genetically modified organisms (GMOs)….“[Such foods/ingredients are also known as … 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

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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GMOs and Democracy

Posted on September 5, 2015 by

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 →

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