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Viewpoint: Feeding your child 2,000 nectarines or 340 apples in one day? Environmental Working Group claims about the dangers of conventionally-grown produce are scientifically absurd

The advocacy organization American Council on Science and Health, or ACSH has written extensively about the safety of conventionally grown ...
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Viewpoint: Queen of Green Social Justice or Reckless Green-Revolution Rejectionist — Who is the real Vandana Shiva?

Indian activist Vandana Shiva opposes the tools and practices of modern agriculture and science and advocates regressive policies that cause ...
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Viewpoint: How the EPA deprives farmers of safe and effective pesticides by capitulating to environmental activist agendas

During his long-overdue testimony before the House Committee on Agriculture in April, EPA Administrator Michael Regan complained about anti-pesticide groups tying up ...
Viewpoint: ‘A fool’s errand’ — Here’s why the FDA’s new ‘healthy’ label for foods won’t move the needle on chronic disease

Viewpoint: ‘A fool’s errand’ — Here’s why the FDA’s new ‘healthy’ label for foods won’t move the needle on chronic disease

In September, the FDA began the process of promulgating new rules to determine what foods could carry the label "healthy." In ...
Viewpoint: What’s killing bees? Reviewing the impact of parasites and climate change on pollinators

Viewpoint: What’s killing bees? Reviewing the impact of parasites and climate change on pollinators

Bees are vital to our lives; without them, there would be no almonds, and few apples, onions, blueberries, carrots, or ...
Viewpoint: ‘Every approved biotech crop has benefited the environment’ — Why streamlining regulations are key to sustainability and food security goals

Viewpoint: ‘Every approved biotech crop has benefited the environment’ — Why streamlining regulations are key to sustainability and food security goals

Today, there is much discussion about how agriculture contributes to climate change. Most agree that we should continue improving food ...
Viewpoint: Cost of strict risk-based regulations for GM and CRISPR crops should be balanced by their environmental benefits

Viewpoint: Cost of strict risk-based regulations for GM and CRISPR crops should be balanced by their environmental benefits

Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are created by moving a gene into a crop or animal. With this added gene, a ...
Viewpoint: 'Pesticide treadmill'? — Latest research challenges activist meme, shows pairing GM crops with pesticides yields environmental benefits

Viewpoint: ‘Pesticide treadmill’? — Latest research challenges activist meme, shows pairing GM crops with pesticides yields environmental benefits

Almost three decades ago, activist groups began making all sorts of troubling predictions about the dangers of growing genetically engineered ...
Analysis: Vegetables are good. Meat is bad. Here’s how meta-studies can be ‘interpreted’ to provide simplistic results

Analysis: Vegetables are good. Meat is bad. Here’s how meta-studies can be ‘interpreted’ to provide simplistic results

A new meta-analysis upends the belief that red meat is bad and vegetables are good. How can that be? It ...
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Viewpoint: GM drought-tolerant crops: Here is one biotech innovation that only anti-GMO science rejectionists can demonize

If you think biotech crops have some role to play in fighting global hunger, the Non-GMO Project is here to ...
Most Americans don’t follow healthy food guidelines, promoting an FDA call to update them. Maybe they should rethink their strategy altogether

Most Americans don’t follow healthy food guidelines, promoting an FDA call to update them. Maybe they should rethink their strategy altogether

American eating patterns don’t match the FDA dietary guidelines for a healthy lifestyle. A recent survey revealed that 75% of people don’t eat ...
Viewpoint: ‘Regenerative’ is replacing ‘organic’ as the latest green farming fad. Here’s why the reality falls far short of the hype

Viewpoint: ‘Regenerative’ is replacing ‘organic’ as the latest green farming fad. Here’s why the reality falls far short of the hype

Politicians have a complicated relationship with science. When they think the evidence comports with their political goals, they love scientists ...
Viewpoint: How reporters regularly botch food nutrition studies

Viewpoint: How reporters regularly botch food nutrition studies

We've reached a point where you must assume everything the media says about nutrition is false. This is a drastic ...
Viewpoint: Why anti-chemical activists just can’t accept the good news that the FDA finds US produce safe and healthy

Viewpoint: Why anti-chemical activists just can’t accept the good news that the FDA finds US produce safe and healthy

What do you do when the evidence doesn't support your conclusion? There are just two choices: admit you were mistaken ...
‘Difficult if not impossible’: Why US organic standards fail farmers and consumers

‘Difficult if not impossible’: Why US organic standards fail farmers and consumers

Many U.S. consumers swear by organic foods but are unaware of the history, principles, and regulations behind the NOP. Read on ...
Viewpoint: Non-GMO Project promotes genetically-modified seedless watermelon

Viewpoint: Non-GMO Project promotes genetically-modified seedless watermelon

As summer grinds on, the Non-GMO Project is here to reassure consumers that seedless watermelon is not genetically modified. “Are ...
Viewpoint: No, chemicals are not making you fat—Environmental Working Group gets the science wrong yet again

Viewpoint: No, chemicals are not making you fat—Environmental Working Group gets the science wrong yet again

The activists at Environmental Working Group (EWG) consistently butcher the science on a variety of consumer health issues. They're wrong about ...
Viewpoint: Collapse of the organic-farming experiment in Sri Lanka has not shamed activist-philosopher Vandana Shiva and other GMO rejectionists

Viewpoint: Collapse of the organic-farming experiment in Sri Lanka has not shamed activist-philosopher Vandana Shiva and other GMO rejectionists

Sri Lanka ran an evil experiment on its citizens last year. Under the sway of nitwit organic-food activists, the government ...
Why meat and milk from gene-edited hornless cows are safe to eat

Why meat and milk from gene-edited hornless cows are safe to eat

Scientists have known for many years that genetically engineered (GE) crops pose no greater risk to human health or the ...
Whole Foods Magazine joins the ‘let’s peddle anti-GMO disinformation scare stories’ movement

Whole Foods Magazine joins the ‘let’s peddle anti-GMO disinformation scare stories’ movement

Whole Foods Magazine published a June story titled GMOs: Basics to Know. “Although GMOs have been deemed safe,” the author alleged, ...
‘Oversimplification or outright falsehood?’: ‘Banned in Europe’ and 9 other anti-pesticide factoids that are short on science

‘Oversimplification or outright falsehood?’: ‘Banned in Europe’ and 9 other anti-pesticide factoids that are short on science

Organic activist group Slow Food recently released its list of “10 Key Facts on Pesticides," a post designed to “raise awareness about ...
Fertility fraud: Direct-to-consumer DNA tests show thousands of women are illegally impregnated every year by deviant doctors. The laws need updating

Fertility fraud: Direct-to-consumer DNA tests show thousands of women are illegally impregnated every year by deviant doctors. The laws need updating

To thousands of women gifted with childbirth through assisted reproductive technologies (ART) and their children - the practice can only ...
Viewpoint: Popular Science is the latest ‘mainstream’ news source to fall into the anti-glyphosate disinformation rabbit-hole

Viewpoint: Popular Science is the latest ‘mainstream’ news source to fall into the anti-glyphosate disinformation rabbit-hole

“This Roundup ingredient might cause cancer—but the EPA won’t ban it,” Popular Science told its readers in a terribly misleading January ...
Viewpoint: Seed wars — How Russell Brand gets ‘Green Neo-Colonialism’ wrong

Viewpoint: Seed wars — How Russell Brand gets ‘Green Neo-Colonialism’ wrong

"Why Is Bill Gates Buying Up Stolen Native American Land?" British comedian and actor Russell Brand asked in a recent ...
Viewpoint: Anti-biotechnology activists claim Western corporations ‘colonize’ the developing world. Here’s why they are wrong

Viewpoint: Anti-biotechnology activists claim Western corporations ‘colonize’ the developing world. Here’s why they are wrong

Today, many scientific discussions are shot through with social justice rhetoric, and the debate over food security in the developing world ...
Viewpoint: ‘Scientists seeking attention resort to promoting oversimplified food fads’ — Be cautious of clickbait claims that foods accelerate dementia

Viewpoint: ‘Scientists seeking attention resort to promoting oversimplified food fads’ — Be cautious of clickbait claims that foods accelerate dementia

Can avoiding certain foods reduce your dementia risk? One nutritional psychiatrist seems to think so, but the evidence is much ...
Viewpoint: $24 billion in global savings — Here's why the UK should break from Europe and embrace GMOs, CRISPR crops and other agricultural biotechnologies

Viewpoint: $24 billion in global savings — Here’s why the UK should break from Europe and embrace GMOs, CRISPR crops and other agricultural biotechnologies

As part of the European Union, the UK was a stronghold of anti-GMO opposition. Post-Brexit, however, Britain is changing its ...
$83 trillion in savings — Misguided attacks by ‘organic fundamentalists’ distort the revolutionary advancements of the Green Revolution

$83 trillion in savings — Misguided attacks by ‘organic fundamentalists’ distort the revolutionary advancements of the Green Revolution

A recent study quantifies some of the previously undocumented benefits of the Green Revolution. The results are nothing short of ...
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