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The GMO Debate: One Student’s Experience of Pro-GMO Propaganda at Cornell University
Independent Science News has just published “The GMO Debate: One Student’s Experience of Pro-GMO Propaganda at Cornell University,” written
by Robert Schooler.
A current student explains his Cornell education path and his plans to remedy the curriculum at his Ivy League university. After a demoralizing introduction to academic study, Robert Schooler left Cornell and later returned to complete his degree. It still didn’t work out the way he expected, however, and so he now plans to run his own course at Cornell. His goal? To bring some science to Cornell’s Gates-Funded “Alliance for Science” and some debate to Cornell’s one-sided “GMO-Debate”. The first lecture, on Wed. Sept 7th 2016, will be delivered by Frances Moore Lappe, celebrated author of Diet for a Small Planet. The course will be free and open to the public (and available online). Tune in.
Read the full story at: https://www.independentsciencenews.org/health/the-gmo-debate-one-students-experience-of-pro-gmo-propaganda-at-cornell-university/
For more about Robert Schooler and his three point plan to educate students, end corporate ag’s stranglehold on university science and promote healthy food and agricultural systems visit: http://www.gmowtf.com/.
Don’t Eat the Yellow Rice: The Danger of Deploying Vitamin A Golden Rice
Published today (Monday 11th July 2016) by Independent Science News: “Don’t Eat the Yellow Rice: The Danger of Deploying Vitamin A Golden Rice, ” by Ted Greiner, PhD.
Synopsis: Never discussed in the saga of Vitamin A “golden rice” is the problem of “Yellow Rice Disease”. Yellowed or browned rice is discarded all over the world because it is a sign of potentially lethal fungal contamination. To convince these populations to eat it, the proponents of golden rice will therefore have to overcome an aversion which exists for good reason. If eating yellow rice is dangerous, why has this never been discussed, asks Ted Greiner? “Because the purpose of Golden Rice was never to solve vitamin A problems. It’s purpose from the beginning was to be a tool for use in shaming GMO critics”.
Ted Greiner is an expert in Vitamin A fortification and a former Professor of Nutrition, Hanyang University, Korea.
To read the full story: https://www.independentsciencenews.org/health/dont-eat-the-yellow-rice-the-danger-of-deploying-vitamin-a-golden-rice/.
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107 Nobel Laureate Attack on Greenpeace Traced Back to Biotech PR Operators
Published today (July 1st 2016) on Independent Science News: “107 Nobel Laureate Attack on Greenpeace Traced Back to Biotech PR Operators“, a short news item written by Jonathan Latham, PhD.
Synopsis: When 107 Nobel Laureates demanded that Greenpeace cease its opposition to GMOs and “golden rice,” no one in the press seems to have asked read more…
Financial Conflicts at National Academy Advisory Panel on the Future of GMO Regulation
Synopsis: A letter from academics, non-profits and farmer groups (signed by the Bioscience Resource Project) indicts the lack of balance, perspective and independence among experts chosen to carry out a new taxpayer-funded National Academy study. The study will advise the federal government on how to overhaul regulations concerning GMOs—including novel biotechnology products read more…
Organic Farmers Are Not Anti-Science but Genetic Engineers Often Are
Published today by Independent Science News: “Organic Farmers Are Not Anti-Science but Genetic Engineers Often Are” by Elizabeth Henderson.
Synopsis: Opponents of GMOs, including organic farmers, are routinely being called anti-science. But it isn’t organic farmers who prevent independent university researchers from accessing their seeds. Nor do organic farmers ignore scientific evidence of rising pesticide use and human harm. Organic farmers do work with universities to improve their methods, however; and they want more money for organic research. So, asks Elizabeth Henderson, who are the real anti-scientists?
Elizabeth Henderson farms near Rochester, NY: Peacework Community Supported Agriculture.
Read the entire article at: https://www.independentsciencenews.org/un-sustainable-farming/organic-farmers-are-not-anti-science-but-genetic-engineers-often-are/
Unsafe at any Dose? Diagnosing Chemical Safety Failures, from DDT to BPA
Published today (Tuesday May 17th, 2016) on Independent Science News, “Unsafe at any Dose? Diagnosing Chemical Safety Failures, from DDT to BPA” was written by Jonathan Latham, PhD.
Synopsis: Why do concentrations of harmful chemical pollutants continue to rise, in the environment and in our bodies, despite decades of campaigning against them? The chosen strategy of most environmental and public health advocates has been to focus on the elimination (banning) of specific toxic chemicals. Such campaigns are sometimes successful on their own terms, but the result is read more…
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