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- Would Nobel Laureate Richard Feynman Have Signed that GMO Letter? 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 (GMOs)…
- The Absurdity of Claiming that “All GMOs are Safe” In an op-ed piece in The New York Times, Mark Lynas recently wrote that “There is an equivalent level of scientific consensus on both issues…that climate change is real and genetically modified foods are safe.” But comparing the issues …
- Time To Talk “Conflicts of Interest” In Relation to GMOs 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…
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Tag Archives: unintended effects
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
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
Gene Editing’s Extra DNA Problem: Déjà Vu All Over Again
UC Davis researcher Alison Van Eenennaam described the experience of learning that the “poster animals for the gene-editing revolution” do not, after all, comprise the “same outcome [that] could be achieved by breeding in the farmyard,” like she and her collaborators … Continue reading
Posted in Biotechnology
Tagged ag biotech, Agrobacterium, Alison Van Eenennaam, antibiotic resistance, Calgene, CRISPR, FDA, Flavr Savr tomato, Genetic Engineering, genetically engineered food, GMO, Meat, Nature Biotechnology, Plant Cell, Recombinetics, Regulation of GMOs, Science, Technology, UC Davis, unintended changes in GE crops, unintended effects, USDA
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What Did Monsanto’s Robb Fraley Really Learn From Bill Nye?
I read a piece by Robb Fraley, Monsanto’s Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, called “What I’ve Learned From Bill Nye” in the Huffington Post a few weeks ago. In it, Fraley wrote that he had Bill to thank … Continue reading
Posted in Biotechnology
Tagged Monsanto, NK603 corn, rat feeding studies, Seralini, unintended changes in GE crops, unintended effects
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Scientific Uncertainty and Professional Ethics as Related to GMOs
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
Genetic Engineering is Very Different Than Traditional Breeding
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
Science-Based Regulation of GE Crops Requires More Long-Term Rat Feeding Studies with NK603 Corn
Although May 2014 will mark the 20th anniversary of the U.S. FDA’s approval for and Calgene’s market launch of the world’s first commercially available genetically engineered (GE) whole food, the Flavr SavrTM tomato, it’s amazing how relevant that GE tomato … Continue reading
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Tagged Bt corn, Bt pollen, Calgene, EPA, FDA, Flavr Savr tomato, Monarch butterfly larvae, Monsanto, NK603 corn, rat feeding studies, Seralini, StarLink corn, unintended effects, USDA
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