Questions Persist over the Golden Rice Campaign

Testbiotech puts forward compelling reasons as to why Golden Rice is losing credibility as its proponents continue to fail to address the burning question of whether it can actually combat VAD and the risks associated with its cultivation and consumption […]

Questions Persist over the Golden Rice Campaign

GOLDEN […]

Update on the Status of WHO Authorized Research Involving Variola Virus

Update on the Status of WHO Authorized Research Involving Variola Virus

This update on the status of WHO authorized research involving variola (smallpox) virus finds that the case for fixing a date for destruction of smallpox virus stocks is stronger than ever. […]

Smallpox: WHO Executive Board passes the buck to the World Health Assembly

Discussions on the destruction of the smallpox virus stock at the WHO’s Executive Board meeting (20-25 January 2014) reveal significant disagreement among Member States. […]

Smallpox: WHO Executive Board passes the buck to the World Health Assembly

Smallpox: WHO Executive Board passes the buck to the World Health Assembly 

Austin, Texas, 28 Jan (Edward Hammond) &nda […]

Sustainable Agriculture Technologies and Practices Imperative in Beating Hunger

The UN Secretary-General’s recent report on agricultural technology for development makes an unequivocal case for sustainable and resilient agricultural and food systems in order achieve the goal of ending hunger and poverty. […]

Review Highlights the Flaws in Artificial Genetic Modification

Review: The New Genetics and Natural versus Artificial Genetic Modification

Review Highlights the Flaws in Artificial Genetic Modification

This paper reviews empirical evidence on how artificial genetic modification disrupts the natural genetic process of organisms and threatens their health and longevity. […]

Herbicide-resistant Weeds Run Riot in the U.S.

The Union of Concerned Scientists declares that the spread of herbicide-resistant superweeds in the U.S. has reached epidemic proportions and that the real solution lies in the science of agroecology rather than in a new generation of GE herbicide-resista […]