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Why all the COVID-induced blood clots, strokes and heart attacks? The coronavirus may be a blood vessel disease rather than a respiratory affliction
In April, blood clots emerged as one of the many mysterious symptoms attributed to Covid-19, a disease that had initially ...
Coronavirus pandemic slows booming sales of plant-based meat
No doubt about it: makers of plant-based meat are experiencing blockbuster growth during the pandemic for a variety of reasons ...
Viewpoint: The real ‘dirty dozen’? 12 organic foods that could make you sick in 2020
It is that time of year again. The Environmental Working Group put out their annual list of food it considers ...
Viewpoint: Human ‘evolutionary changes’ inevitable from pandemics
We all know that viruses are living organisms that can evolve and change, but did you also know that they ...
Infographic: Buying time: What we gain from strong coronavirus measures, including suppression strategies
Summary of the article: Strong coronavirus measures today should only last a few weeks, there shouldn’t be a big peak ...
Low-calorie sweeteners ‘poison’ for expecting mothers? Epidemiologist says that’s unlikely
News sources around the globe have been calling out warnings about a new study that appears to have shown that ...
Why it may not be ‘screen time’ that’s stunting development of kids’ brains
A new study links young children’s screen time with changes in the brain and slower language development. But parents, before ...
Viewpoint: Why agroecology alone won’t boost sustainable farming in the developing world
Global farmers must not only feed ten billion people by 2050 but do so while lowering agricultural greenhouse gas emissions ...
Exploring the biotechnology revolution in food and medicine
Biotechnology develops cellular and bimolecular processes to create products that will make our lives easier .... Today, biotechnology fights against ...
Monsanto, GMOs and journalism ethics: Science writer Tamar Haspel responds to HuffPost attack on her work
[On August 6], HuffPost published a hit piece about me. It was about conflicts of interest, and I think it’s ...
New migraine treatments a game changer for some patients
Chronic migraine disorder, which a neurologist diagnosed [Michelle] Tracy with shortly after her initial ER visit, is defined as having ...
Glyphosate-tainted burgers? Impossible Foods rebuffs Moms Across America’s latest anti-GMO campaign
“Moms Across America” has escalated a year-long campaign against Impossible Foods to push its anti-vaccine, anti-GMO agenda to anyone gullible ...
Expensive is healthier? How premium organic food prices mislead shoppers
Organic food and organic farming have a really strong association with being “better.” But not everyone means the same thing ...
Viewpoint: Roundup on trial—speculative glyphosate-cancer lawsuits based on ‘junk science’
“The art of junk science is to brush away just enough detail to reach desired conclusions, while preserving enough to ...
Union of Concerned Scientists, Ricardo Salvador mulled endorsing anti-GMO campaign in exchange for contributions, violating UCS’ ethics policy
In a response to anti-GMO campaigners requesting endorsement, the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) promised to look into it in ...
Bayer lawsuit: Here’s how plaintiffs in next Roundup trial will try to show glyphosate causes cancer
A late March start date is scheduled for a California state court trial of plaintiffs, Alva and Alberta Pilliod, against ...
Viewpoint: Clif Bar is ‘concern trolling’ competition with its organic food propaganda
Clif Bar published an open letter [March 6] to their “largest competitor” in the New York Times. The letter asks ...
Plant geneticist Kevin Folta: University of California-San Francisco teams with anti-biotech activists attacking independent scientists
The University of California at San Francisco has compiled a database of documents claimed to shine a bright light on ...
Despite controversial new study, there’s still no evidence Monsanto’s Roundup causes cancer, epidemiologist says
News stories have exploded recently.... screaming that glyphosate [the active ingredient in Monsanto's Roundup] is a cancer-causing evil that causes a 41% increase in people ...
Viewpoint: Bernie Sanders’ views on alternative medicine and GMOs highlight troubling embrace of pseudoscience
At 76 years old many assumed that 2016 would be the last time Bernie Sanders would run for office. The ...
Viewpoint: How the Organic Trade Association flunked Science 101—No, organics are not ‘chemical free’
I recently had an encounter on Twitter with the CEO of the Organic Trade Association (OTA), Laura Batcha. The OTA ...
Could open source indoor farming help us feed 10 billion people?
Paul Gauthier, a plant physiologist at Princeton University, took a short drive up the New Jersey Turnpike to try to ...
GMO crops and herbicides: A ‘win-win’ for farmers and the environment, plant scientist Wayne Parrott says
A fertile soil is a microbial wonderland .... a tiny ecosystem too small to see with our eyes. Yet, the ...
Viewpoint: DNA fitness test claims are ‘misleading’
The sales pitch is compelling: By revealing the secrets locked inside your DNA, genetic testing can optimize your workout gains ...
This mom and gardener doesn’t fear glyphosate—and says we shouldn’t either
One of the perpetual battles I’m fighting these days is countering the misinformation about pesticides that gardeners like me responsibly ...
Plant scientist Kevin Folta: Claims about glyphosate in orange juice are ‘brilliantly devious’
Since 2013 the science communication community and wacky food activists learned something important — you can fill a table with creepy numbers, ...
Why are strawberries so big? The genetics behind ‘up-sizing’ fruits and vegetables
Once upon a time, there was a land where food was not guaranteed everyday. Children were searching woods to pick ...
Chasing the mysterious polio-like disorder striking children
A runny nose or cough are normal symptoms during the fall, but this year doctors in the United States and ...
