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Viewpoint: A field trip inside Green anti-GMO campaigning

Inti Orozco | Biology Fortified | 
A few months ago, I went to [an] event called European Ideas Lab, organized in Brussels by the Greens/EFA, the green ...
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Is public fear of GMO food increasing?

Anastasia Bodnar | Biology Fortified | 
The National Science Foundation surveys a representative sample of Americans every two years. The General Social Survey asks about general attitudes about ...
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GMO supporters and critics weigh in on FDA’s biotech education initiative

Karl Haro von Mogel | Biology Fortified | 
[Editor's note: Karl Haro von Mogel is a geneticist with a PhD in Plant Breeding and Plant Genetics from UW-Madison with ...
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Scientist who found no glyphosate in breast milk faced anti-pesticide activist attacks

Karl Haro von Mogel | Biology Fortified | 
[Editor's note: Karl Haro von Mogel has a Ph.D. in Plant Breeding and Plant Genetics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.] ...
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Infographic: How crops are genetically modified to resist plant viruses

Plant viruses can be serious pathogens in crops as they can cause anywhere from minor losses to total crop failure ...
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Infographic: How GMO insect-resistant Bt crops work

Karl Haro von Mogel | Biology Fortified | 
[Editor's note: Karl Haro von Mogel earned his Ph.D. in plant breeding and plant genetics at UW-Madison, with a minor ...
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GMO proponents may have overstated benefits of herbicide-resistant soy on environment

Anastasia Bodnar | Biology Fortified | 
[M]any people... have talked about how glyphosate tolerant crops allowed replacement of more toxic herbicides. ...[B]ut that trend seems to ...

Why we don’t test GMOs like pharmaceuticals

Layla Katiraee | Biology Fortified | 
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A very common question ...

Effects of Vermont’s GMO labeling law seen on store shelves

Biology Fortified | 
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Over the last week ...

Unexpected consequences of labeling GMOs: Loss of vitamins, introduction of allergens

Mary M. | Biology Fortified | 
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. 1. Labeling is “expensive” ...
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In research, does conflicts of interest mean scientific misconduct?

Alison Bernstein | Biology Fortified | 
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. We need to talk ...
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Don’t want to eat GMOs? Here are foods to avoid

Anastasia Bodnar | Biology Fortified | 
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. While I may not ...
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Demand for mandatory GMO labeling could boomerang on critics, increasing safety perceptions

The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. While proponents of mandatory ...
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How to evaluate GMO feeding studies

Layla Katiraee | Biology Fortified | 
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Proper experimental design is ...
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Retracted Italian paper plagued by flawed methods, materials

Layla Katiraee | Biology Fortified | 
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Biology Fortified recently reported that “an ...
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Probe of Italian GMO researcher who may have manipulated data extends to colleagues

Karl Haro von Mogel | Biology Fortified | 
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A scandal is erupting ...

Could AquaBounty GMO salmon escape containment causing ecological havoc?

Anastasia Bodnar | Biology Fortified | 
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. This post is a ...

Inconsistent definitions of ‘GMO’ can lead to regulatory headaches

Anastasia Bodnar | Biology Fortified | 
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. There are a few ...

Scientists, universities grapple with defining ‘conflict of interest’

Layla Katiraee | Biology Fortified | 
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. There has been much ...
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Voice your thoughts on White house biotech regulation reform proposal

Biology Fortified | 
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The White House Office of ...
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Campaign to put Nobel Prize-winning maize geneticist Barbara McClintock on $10 bill

Don Gibson | Biology Fortified | 
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. On June 16th the U.S ...
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Everyone can participate in Biology Fortified’s GMO Corn Experiment

Karl Haro von Mogel | Biology Fortified | 
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis.  Do squirrels and other ...
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World faces many problems– why talk about GMOs?

Anastasia Bodnar | Biology Fortified | 
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Why are we still ...
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Why Ben and Jerry’s, Non-GMO project, others oppose SAFE Act

Layla Katiraee | Biology Fortified | 
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. From my perspective, HR1599 ...

Nigerian scientist: Activists slander benefits of GMOs, hurt poor Africans

Chiedozie Egesi | Biology Fortified | 
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. While there are unproven ...
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GMO gluten-free wheat could be savior for celiac sufferers, but anti-biotech campaigners block it

Daniel Norero | Biology Fortified | 
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Wheat is one of the ...

Shift in GMO debate spurred by Pew scientists poll illuminating pro-GMO consensus

Mary Mangan | Biology Fortified | 
Topic: Has the GMO chatter really turned a corner? And why? So this discussion began the night of Wednesday, July 15 ...
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