Gene Drives: A Scientific Case for a Complete and Perpetual Ban
by Jonathan Latham, PhD One of the central issues of our day is how to safely manage the outputs of industrial innovation. Novel products incorporating nanotechnology, biotechnology, rare metals,...
View ArticleHave Monsanto and the Biotech Industry Turned Natural Bt Pesticides into GMO...
Is the supposed safety advantage of GMO crops over conventional chemical pesticides a mirage? According to biotech lore, the Bt pesticides introduced into many GMO food crops are natural proteins whose...
View ArticleEffects of GMO Pollen in Waterways
Toxins in transgenic crop byproducts may affect headwater stream ecosystems E. J. Rosi-Marshall, J. L. Tank, T. V. Royer, M. R. Whiles, M. Evans-White, C. Chambers, N. A. Griffiths, J. Pokelsek, and M....
View ArticleIs a Major GMO Safety Test Ineffective?
Jonathan Latham, PhD and Allison Wilson, PhD Commercially, insect-resistant transgenic (GMO) plants are made by inserting a gene coding for one of a family of toxins produced by the soil bacterium...
View ArticleBee Learning Behaviour Affected by GMO Toxin
Jonathan Latham, PhD and Allison Wilson, PhD Concerns over bees, especially the European honey bee (Apis mellifera) have rarely been higher. Although there are few hard data there is a general...
View ArticleNo Scientific Consensus on Safety of Genetically Modified Organisms
Press release from ENSSER: There is no scientific consensus on the safety of genetically modified foods and crops, according to a statement released today by an international group of more than 90...
View ArticleMonsanto’s Worst Fear May Be Coming True
by Jonathan Latham, PhD The decision of the Chipotle restaurant chain to make its product lines GMO-free is not most people’s idea of a world-historic event. Especially since Chipotle, by US standards,...
View ArticleGrowing Doubt: a Scientist’s Experience of GMOs
Jonathan R. Latham, PhD By training, I am a plant biologist. In the early 1990s I was busy making genetically modified plants (often called GMOs for Genetically Modified Organisms) as part of the...
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