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Why I’m sad to see the European Greens persisting with anti-GMO myths
I have become something of a fan of the Greens recently. Although my party membership lapsed years ago, here in the UK our Green Party MP Caroline Lucas has been an eloquent and passionate defender of...
View ArticleAnti-GMO group USRTK attacks UC Davis scientists while refusing to answer...
The anti-GMO group ‘US Right to Know’ has intensified its attacks on public sector scientists at the University of California-Davis, launching a new legal assault on the university with a lawsuit filed...
View ArticleTrump, Putin and the alt-right – the GMO connection
As Donald Trump’s candidacy further collapses amidst new revelations of his sexual predator behaviour over the years, it seems as if the only remaining backers of his campaign are Wikileaks’ Julian...
View ArticleQuiet ‘GMO’ revolution in the Third World
For more than a decade controversy has raged in the world’s media about whether genetically engineered crops are dangerous, as many environmentalists have long claimed. Yet away from the headlines, a...
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Drought-tolerant maize shows promise in Tanzania
Tanzania’s first-ever genetically modified crop — a field trial of drought-tolerant maize intended to benefit small-scale farmers suffering the effects of climate change — is proceeding well and will...
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Tanzania is burning GM corn while people go hungry
Bad science costs lives It’s late afternoon in Makutupora and technicians wearing blue overalls pour sacks of maize onto a bonfire. They exchange a few wistful looks as the flames consume the grain....
View ArticleShadows and mirrors: GMOs in China
Sometimes I hear scientists in the West — especially those who have had their lives made difficult by anti-GMO activists — say they wish things were as straightforward as they are in China, where...
View ArticleExperts find climate-skeptic and anti-GMO studies are scientifically flawed
By Mark Lynas Although many papers have been published claiming that genetically engineered (GMO) foods are harmful and that humans aren’t changing the climate, not a single one of them stands up to...
View ArticleOxitec expands production of GMO mosquito
Oxitec — a company that seeks to control pest insects through their genetics — has announced that it will invest $9.88 million to mass-produce one billion genetically modified mosquito eggs per week at...
View ArticleMark Lynas – Speech to the Oxford Farming Conference 2018
Five years ago, almost to this very day, I stood before you and offered an apology for my earlier anti-GMO activism. Today I want to do something different. Whereas my 2013 speech was something of a...
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