Tag: pro-science
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‘GMO-Free’ Should Be a Specialty Food Label & Premier Episode of “Talking Biotech” Features Yours Truly
Yes, I changed my mind about GMOs It is no secret that in spring of 2013, after focusing this blog solely on bashing biotech and calling for strict labeling laws, I stopped in my tracks, pivoted, and performed a complete one-eighty. I was one of the folks, and there are a few of us out […]
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Maybe GMOs Could Have Saved Greg
Another (extremely) benevolent GMO Greg was my big brother, and he left this world four years ago. He died from a malignant brain tumor that looked like an octopus just inside his left ear, a tumor that declared war on his body. Specifically, his tumor was a glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) which is a very late […]
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The First World Causing Problems
Originally posted on The Skeptical Beard:
Have you ever thought about how lucky you are? Site traffic tells me that most of you are from very tech-savvy nations. You probably don’t worry about catching deadly diseases or whether you’ll have a roof over your head tonight or where your next meal is coming from. We… -
Yay Oregon!
The meta-analysis reveals robust evidence of GM crop benefits for farmers in developed and developing countries. Such evidence may help to gradually increase public trust in this technology. -A Meta-Analysis of the Impacts of Genetically Modified Crops/Klümper, Qaim Recently on twitter I was made fun of, called ridiculous, a music teacher of all things, […]
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Oregon Right to Know: I Don’t Want The Right to Know BS
Ray Seidler, retired EPA scientist, the newest pro-labeling darling appearing in Oregon ballot measure 92 ads. I really don’t understand this guy. PhD in microbiology? Maybe apply what you learned a little? Maybe lose the emotion-laden activist rhetoric and talk about real science? Maybe ask commercial farmers how they really feel about Monsanto and other […]
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Are GMOs Dangerous – Like, At All?
Here are the final two installments of the 10-part short video series put out by Greenstate TV titled “GMO Mythbusting”. This is an excellent at-a-glance series that so aptly touches on some of the main points of the public outcry against GMOs. The snippets are easily digestible and provide just enough information to hopefully make […]
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We’re Not All Lefty Kooks Out Here In Oregon!
I just happened upon this youtube video this morning. It was one of those all too rare serendipitous moments that, when they happen, assure me all is right with the world. I knew immediately I had to post it and give this guy some props. We have in this piece Mr. Jeff Holiday, the quintessential […]
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Excellent, Compact Interviews on the topic of GMOs
Awhile back I did a two-part video interview series regarding my views on GMOs with Greenstate TV. You can view parts one and two (in reverse order) here and here. Today I am posting Greenstate TV interviews with two other people whom I admire greatly. Specifically these two were absolutely instrumental in my realization that […]
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GMOs Can Be Fun!
It’s been just short of a year since I’ve had the pleasure of being among an at-large group of people who regularly speak up in favor of science. Specifically I am referring to genetic engineering, transgenic technology, genetic modification – call it what you will – in the realm of crops and food. This ‘group’ […]
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Did You Know Insulin Is a GMO? (Well, it’s made with a GMO)
Note: I made a few minor edits and added to the title on 1/29. The article was formerly called Did You Know Insulin Is a GMO? Insulin is not a GMO in and of itself, but made with genetically engineered e coli. I don’t want to mislead in any way. My general point is that […]
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