Are GMO foods safe? The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) seemed to say something different recently.
Those Nerdy Girls,
A: There is good scientific consensus that GMO foods are safe and pose no threat to human health. The AAP’s recent report on…
Crucial misrepresentations about glyphosate, the world’s best-selling herbicide, continue to haunt farmers and threaten agriculture. This scientist explains how the UN agency IARC misinterpreted — or deliberately manipulated — the data
Genetic Literacy Project,
Glyphosate in urine: Junk science paper based upon a large-scale testing campaign
Genetic Literacy Project,
Autonomous Robot-Killing Weeds Is More Eco-Friendly Than Pesticides
CleanTechnica,
A German consortium is developing an autonomous robot, AMU-Bot, to solve the problem of manually hoeing weeds out of crops…
Glyphosate can cure cancer? Yes, some research ‘shows’ that — but what does it mean? And what does it say about Roundup doomsday claims?
Genetic Literacy Project,
Pesticides and Food: It’s not a black or white issue — Part 3: How dangerous is glyphosate?
Genetic Literacy Project,
Update on Glyphosate
Science-Based Medicine,
A legal decision against the makers of glyphosate is not supported by the science.
Does Monsanto’s Roundup Cause Cancer? The Law Says Yes, the Science Says Maybe
Science | KQED Public Media for Northern CA,
Richard G. “Bugs” Stevens is a professor at the University of Connecticut School of…
Glyphosate might be killing bees by messing with their gut bacteria
ZME Science,
Glyphosate may not be harmless to animals after all.
A common weed-killer chemical is at the heart of a $289 million cancer lawsuit against Monsanto. Here’s how worried you should be
Newsroom – Campaign for Accuracy in Public Health Research,
The Science Behind the Roundup Lawsuit
Science-Based Medicine,
A jury has awarded a man $289 million for allegedly contracting cancer from exposure to Roundup, but the science is not on…
El glifosato, Monsanto y el más reciente escándalo de la IARC – 1
Razón y política pública en Puerto Rico,
Logotipo de la Organización Mundial de la Salud. A la derecha, galones de Roundup (Cortesía de Mike Mozart en Flickr, CC-BY 2.0…
MyMedLab Offers Expensive, Useless, Nonstandard Lab Tests
Science-Based Medicine,
Direct to consumer lab testing is good marketing but not good medicine. For instance, there is no reason to spend $199 to…
Are Pesticides in Foods Harming Your Health?
Authority Nutrition,
Many people worry about pesticides in foods. Pesticides are used to reduce damage to crops from weeds, rodents, insects and…