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Jonathan Latham Speaks on a Panel at Hunter College: GMOs-Science, Ethics, Risks, Regulations and Food Security

Mar 1, 2019 |

Date and Time

Tue, March 12, 2019

9:00 AM – 10:15 AM EDT

Location

Hunter College (Silberman Building)

2180 Third Avenue @ 119th

Main Auditorium (on 2nd Floor)

New York, New York 10035

Description

This panel will explore the latest research concerning GMOs and their impact on human and environmental health. For more information: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/gmos-science-ethics-risks-regulations-and-food-security-tickets-54592678170

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Rigging the Science of GMO Ecotoxicity

Jan 31, 2019 |

On January 29, 2019, Independent Science News published “Rigging the Science of GMO Ecotoxicity,”, a new article by  Jonathan Latham, PhD.

Synopsis: Cry toxins are controversial proteins that kill insects and other organisms. They are commonly inserted into GMO crops, some of which now contain six different transgenic versions. A large body of research has now shown, to the discomfort of the biotech industry, that these toxins can have major effects on beneficial and other non-pest organisms. Our investigation has uncovered that some academics, including one with very close ties to industry, have secretively started adding chemical antidotes to their ecological test diets. These test diets can be expected–and some already have–to give Cry toxins a clean bill of health in ecological toxicity tests. This research is additionally being used to discredit previously gathered evidence of Cry toxin harm.
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Why Sustainable Agriculture Should Support a Green New Deal

Jan 14, 2019 |

Published January 14th, 2019 by Independent Science News: Why Sustainable Agriculture Should Support a Green New Deal, a new article by Elizabeth Henderson

Synopsis: An alliance of social movements and members of Congress led by Alexandria Ocasio Cortez (D-NY) are proposing a Green New Deal that would initiate an emergency mobilization to address economic inequities and reverse our blind march toward catastrophic climate change. The sustainable agriculture movement with its many organizations and individuals should become active shapers of it, to ensure that it includes regenerating soil health, reinventing parity payments with supply management for farmers, and that farm workers are not excluded from the just transition, writes Elizabeth Henderson.

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Jonathan Latham Upcoming Talks: Guelph, Ontario, CANADA and in New Orleans, U.S.A. at the World Aquaculture Society Meeting

Dec 14, 2018 | ,

Guelph, Ontario, Canada on Sunday, January 27th 2019 (12:45pm) Dr. Jonathan Latham, Executive Director of the Bioscience Resource Project will be be giving a Workshop on Gene Editing at the Guelph Organic Conference and Trade Show (Link: https://guelphorganicconf.ca/)

World Aquaculture Society meeting in New Orleans, March 7-11, 2019. (Link: https://www.was.org/meetings/default.aspx?code=AQ2019)
Dr Latham will speak twice:
March 9, 2019 Session: ShrimpENCODE. Dr. Latham will speak about Cry toxins
March 10, 2019 Session: ONE HEALTH Epigenomics and Microbiomes: From Soil to People. Dr. Latham will speak about Gene Editing.
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How France and Germany Are Ousting Glyphosate In A Search For Healthy Soils and Pesticide-Free Crops

Dec 14, 2018 |

Published December 12th, 2018, in Independent Science News, “How France and Germany Are Ousting Glyphosate In A Search For Healthy Soils and Pesticide-Free Crops,” written by Ramon Seidler, PhD
Synopsis: “Here is my best understanding on how the French government sees a transition away from glyphosate use while protecting farmers financially.” says Ramon Seidler, but will Germany take the same route?
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The Gates Foundation’s Ceres2030 Plan Pushes Agenda of Agribusiness

Nov 29, 2018 |

Published today (Tue Nov 27th, 2018) by Independent Science News: The Gates Foundation’s Ceres2030 Plan Pushes Agenda of Agribusiness by Jonathan Latham, PhD
Synopsis: The Gates Foundation helps people in the South by spending money in the North, runs the joke. But is the Gates Foundation also a fauxlanthropy? 
In this article I show how the Gates Foundation recently started Ceres2030, a Cornell University-based project to capture the science and drive the policy agenda of agriculture and development. Ceres2030 has purchased a forthcoming special issue of prestigious Nature magazine that it will populate with articles and authors of its own choosing. These articles will in turn be used for future media and policy work. The evidence so far is that the goal of Ceres2030 is not sustainability but to spearhead chemical-intensive and GMO agriculture in developing countries.
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