Tag Archives: GMO regulation

We Need the Whole Truth to Regulate GMOs

Posted on July 15, 2023 by Belinda

The following is a piece I wrote which was published in the July 15, 2023 edition (online; July 16 in print) of The Davis Enterprise. A critical detail was omitted from Rich Rifkin’s Forum article published June 28 in The Davis Enterprise. … Continue reading →

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In Light of Big Mistakes Made by Developers of “Poster Child” GMO Products like Hornless Cattle and Golden Rice, FDA is Justified in Requiring Regulation

Posted on February 17, 2020 by Belinda

Earlier this month, the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published its analysis of what has been touted as the “Poster Child” of gene-edited animals: cattle genetically engineered (GE) to prevent them from developing horns. As mentioned in an … 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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US Food Standard: Reasonable Certainty of No Harm

Posted on April 13, 2016 by Belinda

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 Belinda

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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Genetic Engineering is Very Different Than Traditional Breeding

Posted on October 16, 2015 by Belinda

The United States National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine have established a committee to study the “economic, agronomic, health, safety, or other impacts of genetically engineered (GE) crops and food.” The committee’s results may be used to reassess the … 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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GMOs and Democracy

Posted on September 5, 2015 by Belinda

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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Time To Talk “Conflicts of Interest” In Relation to GMOs

Posted on March 14, 2015 by Belinda

Scientific conflicts of interest have been in the news a lot lately. For example, a federal judge recently ruled that various members of the FDA’s Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committee had conflicts of interest and, consequently, the chairman and three … 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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