Washington Examiner
America needs food: Why do presidential debates ignore agricultural policy?
Much of the presidential debates involve rehashing points of the last two presidential terms. Gun rights, immigration, and the conduct ...
Viewpoint: Will Biden and the ‘progressive left’ muster independence to embrace agricultural gene editing and its carbon-capture potential?
Carbon capture has often been touted as an alternative to dealing with climate change that does not involve laying waste ...
Viewpoint: ‘Pesticide toxicity has plunged by 98%’ — Misplaced campaign targeting synthetic farm chemicals ignores sustainable advances
Modern agricultural technologies, including genetic modifications, synthetic fertilizers, and pesticides to control crop killers are increasing productivity. As a result, ...
Viewpoint: The EPA is embracing ‘precautionary politics’ — and abandoning its long-time commitment to evidence-based risk-benefit assessments of agricultural chemicals
Unlike the European Union, the U.S. has maintained a reasonable standard on studied substances allowed for use in modern agriculture ...
China rejects WHO recommendation to revisit investigation of COVID origins and Wuhan lab leak theory
The Chinese Communist Party rejected a follow-up World Health Organization investigation into COVID-19’s origins, with government scientists condemning the plans ...
Viewpoint: Soon-to-be-required bioengineered food label is ‘in the worst traditions of government meddling’
A very bad regulation is coming. Here's the short of it. In 2016 Congress passed the National Bioengineered Food Disclosure ...
Viewpoint: Animal agriculture offers potentially ‘game-changing solutions’ to climate change
Cows are often assigned disproportionate climate change blame, but recent weeks in Washington bring hope that political leaders may begin ...
Viewpoint: Biden Interior Secretary’s opposition to pesticides and GM crops puts endangered species in jeopardy
Deb Haaland’s nomination to head the Interior Department has advanced to the full Senate, but the New Mexico representative weathered ...
Viewpoint: Organic, non-GMO marketing claims drive poor people away from healthier food choices
Many food organizations, celebrity chefs, food bloggers, and talk show hosts like to push the idea that eating right means ...
FDA, USDA announce formal agreement to tag team lab-grown meat regulation
Two government agencies will team up to regulate the emerging market of lab-grown meat, the Trump administration announced [March 7]. The Food ...
Viewpoint: FDA needs to regulate alcohol companies that imply non-GMO cocktails are healthy
When liquor companies start promoting the health benefits of cocktails, you know it’s time for the feds to get serious ...
Viewpoint: Michelob’s ‘Pure Gold’ organic beer won’t preserve your health or the environment
Beer companies often use sex to sell their beers, but Michelob Ultra is reinventing the beer commercial by advertising something ...
Viewpoint: Food companies should reject Non-GMO Project’s ‘extortion racket’
Pay your protection money! Do the secret handshake and kiss the ring! Otherwise, you can expect to be on the ...
Viewpoint: America’s courts must keep ‘junk science’ out of legal proceedings
When jurors hear cases, they reasonably expect that they are presented only with reliable scientific information to support their deliberations ...
Did EU’s regulation of pesticides contribute to Brexit?
Historically, British farmers have supported the European Union, grateful both for subsidies and access to continental markets. Yet most of ...
GMOs illustrate problem of false balance, junk science in media
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. More than 100 Nobel ...
In Zika fight, should we prioritize our environment over human lives?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Zika is a real ...
Sensationalist news on bees, neonicotinoids, ‘junk science’ leads to bad policy
Next to Congress, the least-trusted institutions in the United States include newspapers, television and Internet news, according to Gallup. But ...
GMO labeling push reflects deep misunderstandings of science
Critics say genetically modified foods might be unsafe, but even if they are not, consumers have a right to know ...
