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Why Cancer Research Has Stalled
Independent Science News just published: Why Cancer Research Has Stalled. This new article by Dr. T. Colin Campbell (Jacob Gould Schurman Professor Emeritus, Cornell University) suggests that significant scientific advancement in the understanding, prevention and treatment of cancer requires a totally different research focus.
Synopsis: The failure of science and medicine to prevent or significantly treat the current epidemic of cancer is not necessarily due to the inherent invincibility of the disease. T Colin Campbell, cancer biologist and nutrition researcher, proposes that the primary reason read more…
Ithaca Event: Lawyer Steven Druker introduces his new book Altered Genes, Twisted Truth
On Wednesday, September 30th from 7-9pm, the Bioscience Resource Project is hosting an event featuring lawyer Steven Druker from the Alliance for Bio-Integrity. Steven Druker will introduce and answer questions about his new book Altered Genes, Twisted Truth: How the Venture to Genetically Engineer Our Food Has Subverted Science, Corrupted Government, and Systematically Deceived the Public.
After Steven Druker’s talk, there will be refreshments and a chance to talk to him, as well as to local non-profits working on healthy, sustainable and just food system alternatives. Biologists Jonathan Latham and Allison Wilson will be representing The Bioscience Resource Project and Independent Science News. Visit these and other information tables before and after the main event. Buffalo Street Books will be selling copies of Altered Genes, Twisted Truth.
Time and Place:
The Unitarian Church in Ithaca, NY, on the corner of Aurora and Buffalo Streets.
Wednesday, September 30, 2015 from 7 – 9 pm (doors open at 6:30pm). This event is FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
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The Puppetmasters of Academia (or What the NY Times Left out)
Independent Science News has just published a revelatory new article by Jonathan Latham, PhD: “The Puppetmasters of Academia (or What the NY Times Left out).”
Synopsis: Earlier this year, a US group called US Right to Know (USRTK) set in motion Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests directed at public university scientists it suspected of working with (and being paid by) the biotech industry and/or its PR intermediaries. A new front page article (NY Times Sept 5th) by Eric Lipton reports on similar FOIA emails obtained from University of Florida professor Kevin Folta and others. However, Lipton’s focus on individual academics like Folta obscures the fact that the emails (some available online as links to the NYT article) expose a vast network of academics employed by industry to promote GMOs and defend them from scientific criticism. Also missing read more…
Growing Doubt: a Scientist’s Experience of GMOs
Independent Science News has published a new article by Jonathan Latham, PhD., the Executive director of The Bioscience Resource Project: Growing Doubt: a Scientist’s Experience of GMOs.
Synopsis in Jonathan Latham’s own words: I am a scientist who once made and used GMO crops for research. Twenty years of experience has taught me important lessons about them. One concerns the lack of scientific integrity of GMO risk assessments. Careful study of the documents shows that applicants (mostly companies) are gaming the system in numerous and interesting ways; at the same time, government regulators are allowing them to do so. None of this would matter if GMOs were inherently safe, but they are not. They even have dangers that are rarely discussed, but which should be more widely known. These two understandings have led me to conclude that no GMO currently on the market would pass an honest risk assessment, even by the rather low standards that most national regulations and laws require.
Read the entire article at: http://www.independentsciencenews.org/health/growing-doubt-a-scientists-experience-of-gmos/
GMO panel event September 10, 2015
UPDATE: The Cornell-Gates Foundation’s Alliance for Science’s Ithaca “Ask Me Anything About GMOs” Event was an interesting public relations exercise — but depolarizing it was not. To understand how the Monsanto-linked event went from Greenstar to the Unitarian Church to the Gong Show you can read Jonathan Latham’s dated Event updates. NOTE: You need to read the entries by starting from the bottom of the page for the first entry, and moving up with the page to the last entry — which includes a link to a complete video of the “Ask Me Anything About GMOs” Event — questions, answers, non-answers, gongs and all.
CANCELLED but REARRANGED FOR THE UNITARIAN CHURCH on the same date and time: Thurs 10th Sept, 6pm. (See links in this text to keep updated on the event and the issues). Jonathan Latham will be discussing this event, the Cornell Alliance for Science, and the incredible GMO propaganda machine on Tuesday 9/8/2015 at 4:30pm on WRFI (88.1 FM). Also, earlier the same day with Jim Murphy at 7:25-8am. Keep up with the evolving story at http://bsr.wpengine.com/greenstars-gmo-event/.
GMO Health Risks — Financial Conflicts and Suppression Bias Scientific Understanding
Sheldon Krimsky, Tufts University Professor of Urban & Environmental Policy & Planning, recently published an excellent and data-laden analysis of GMO health risks:
Krimsky, Sheldon. “An Illusory Consensus behind GMO Health Assessment.” Science, Technology & Human Values (2015): 0162243915598381.
Certain prominent scientists and policymakers claim there is a scientific consensus on GMO safety and call anyone whose opinions differ “anti-science” or a “GMO denier.” Such advocates believe “that genetically modified crops currently in commercial use and those yet to be commercialized are inherently safe for human consumption and do not have to be tested.”
Krimsky uses several methods to critically assesses this claim read more…
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