Scientists Supporting the Consensus Thinking Regarding GMOs
- Dr. Ken Folta
- Dr. Martina Newell McGloughlin
- Dr. Pamela Arnold
- Dr. Alan McHughen, a plant molecular geneticist at U.C. Riverside
- Dr. Cami Ryan
Anti-GMO Activist Kooks
- Jeffrey Smith (and his Institute for Responsible Technology)
- Vandana Shiva
- Gary Null (producer of Seeds of Death)
Anti-GMO Scientists
- Dr Ray Seidler
David Williams,a cellular biologist Williams concedes that he is among a tiny minority of biologists raising sharp questions about the safety of GM crops. But he says this is only because the field of plant molecular biology is protecting its interests.- David Schubert, an Alzheimer’s researcher who heads the Cellular Neurobiology Laboratory at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in La Jolla, Calif.
- The European Network of Scientists for Social and Environmental Responsibility (ENSSER)
Kniegel Holmes of Nodes of Science has published a good list of the usual suspect Anti-GMO personalities in the the GMO debate developed by by Richard Green & Marc Brazeau linked to below (i.e Gilles-Éric Séralini, Charles Benbrook, Judy Carman, Stephanie Seneff & Anthony Samsel, Vandana Shiva, David Suzuki, Don Huber, Theirry Vrain and of course Jeffery Smith)
The GMO Rogues Gallery
Skepti-Forum members Are you interested in writing about a science related topic? Then check out our information on becoming a guest writer . Richard Green and To sum up: Marc Brazeau have brought together prominent critics of genetically engineered crops to quickly highlight how these pillars of the anti-GMO movement all seem to have feet of clay.
Blog Articles I’ve Written Or Collected On Agriculture & GMOs
Debunking Anti-GMO Propaganda…Again – YouTube
Debunking Anti-GMO Propaganda...Again - YouTube Are GMO's Safe? - YouTube
Is Meat Really that Bad? – YouTube
Organic pesticide copper sulfate—unlike glyphosate—is a carcinogen, kills beneficial insects, decimates soil, pollutes water. It also works. Here are political and science reasons why regulators give it a free pass – Genetic Literacy Project
https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2021/07/13/for-organic-and-conventional-farmers-coppers-hard-to-beat-for-treating-mildew/
Defeating late blight disease of potato in sub-Saharan Africa
https://www.openaccessgovernment.org/late-blight-disease/108180/A FaceBook Commenter: People don't get that scientific advancements in farming allow us to use DRASTICALLY LESS raw land resource to make our food. We're preserving habitat with every advancement Another...
Glyphosate and Behavioral Economics
https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4676
Farm Babe: Top 8 myths about GMOs debunked
https://www.agdaily.com/insights/farm-babe-top-8-myths-gmos-debunked/
Food Science Babe: 5 basic scientific concepts to help you spot pseudoscience
https://www.agdaily.com/insights/food-science-babe-5-basic-scientific-concepts-help-spot-pseudoscience/
Focus on Pesticides is a Distraction from Major Eco Impacts – Food and Farm Discussion Lab
http://fafdl.org/blog/2015/03/06/focus-on-pesticides-is-a-distraction-from-major-eco-impacts/
Glyphosate doesn’t cause cancer. It saves native ecosystems. | Slate
https://slate.com/technology/2019/10/glyphosate-does-not-cause-cancer-saves-native-plants.html
Fruits and Vegetables Are Trying to Kill You – Issue 15: Turbulence – Nautilus
http://nautil.us/issue/15/turbulence/fruits-and-vegetables-are-trying-to-kill-you
Many plants are naturally GMO, research finds | Genetic Literacy Project
https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2019/10/10/many-plants-are-naturally-gmo-research-finds/
Food Science Babe: 5 basic scientific concepts to help you spot pseudoscience
https://www.agdaily.com/insights/food-science-babe-5-basic-scientific-concepts-help-spot-pseudoscience/
Yes, You Are Definitely Ingesting Pesticides. Here’s Why It’s Not A Problem
https://www.forbes.com/sites/quora/2017/08/18/yes-you-are-definitely-ingesting-pesticides-heres-why-its-not-a-problem/
interviews food activist Marc Brazeau on his efforts and the concept of Agromodernism.
Safe Or Scary? The Shifting Reputation Of Glyphosate, AKA Roundup : The Salt : NPR
Sadly science lost some ground here to some anti-science special interests on this one. https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2019/05/30/727914874/safe-or-scary-the-shifting-reputation-of-glyphosate-aka-roundup
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
https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2019/05/21/glyphosate-can-cure-cancer-yes-some-research-shows-that-but-what-does-it-mean-and-what-does-it-say-about-roundup-doomsday-claims/
Courts don’t determine scientific facts | The Logic of Science
https://thelogicofscience.com/2018/08/11/courts-dont-determine-scientific-facts/
It’s That Time Of Year Again: Roundup vs Vinegar Weedkiller Concotions
Well, yeah vinegar works as a herbicide but so do propane weed killer torches. But “Contact Herbicides” kill only the plant parts contacted by the chemical, where-as systemic herbicides are absorbed by the roots or foliage and translocated (moved) throughout the...
Glyphosate isn’t scary. The movement to demonize it is though | AGDAILY
https://www.agdaily.com/insights/farmers-daughter-glyphosate-isnt-scary-the-movement-to-demonize-it-is-though/
Where does broccoli come from?
The Less People Understand Science, the More Afraid of GMOs They Are – Pacific Standard
https://psmag.com/news/the-less-people-understand-science-the-more-afraid-of-gmos-they-are
Why I Don’t Buy Organic, And Why You Might Not Want To Either | Forbes
I fully appreciate the contribution that the organic movement made in the early 20th century when it highlighted the importance of fostering soil health. My problems with institutional organic are not at all about its founding ideals or about organic farmers, but...
Dr. Steven Novella argues that many of the fears surrounding genetically modified crops are unsupported.
No, GMOs Won’t Harm Your Health – Mother Jones Dr. Steven Novella argues that many of the fears surrounding genetically modified crops are unsupported. https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2014/02/inquiring-minds-steven-novella-gmo/
Would Rachel Carson eat organic?
https://theconversation.com/would-rachel-carson-eat-organic-94967
Genetically modified disbelief and the lonely road to the sorcerer’s s | Southwest Farm Press
http://www.southwestfarmpress.com/crops/genetically-modified-disbelief-and-lonely-road-sorcerer-s-stone
How GMOs can save civilization (and probably already have)
https://medium.com/impossible-foods/how-gmos-can-save-civilization-and-probably-already-have-6e6366cb893
Organic Food Isn’t Better For Your Health – Gid M-K; Health Nerd – Medium
https://medium.com/@gidmk/organic-food-isnt-better-for-your-health-93a35584639d
A Scientist Didn’t Disclose Important Data—and Let Everyone Believe a Popular Weedkiller Causes Cancer – Mother Jones
https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2017/06/monsanto-roundup-glyphosate-cancer-who/
Six reasons to always buy organic – The Method – Medium
https://medium.com/the-method/six-reasons-to-always-buy-organic-3315d9118ef0
Six reasons to always buy organic – The Method – Medium
https://medium.com/the-method/six-reasons-to-always-buy-organic-3315d9118ef0
There’s a new website on the block….(explaining what GMOs and Farming are about)
Memoirs of a Monsanto Shill – The Risk-Monger
https://risk-monger.com/2017/10/08/memoirs-of-a-monsanto-shill/
The Farm Babe (and Risk-Monger.com) On The Organic Food Debate
The Rats that Kill – Kevin Folta – Medium
https://medium.com/@kevinfolta/the-rats-that-kill-2bb25c8a0527
Probiotics Are Useless, GMOs Are Fine, and Gluten Is Necessary – Motherboard
https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/d7yyyz/probiotics-are-useless-gmos-are-fine-and-gluten-is-necessary-nutrition-science-fads-debunked
Farm Babe: Internet’s biggest culprits of fake news in agriculture | AGDAILY
https://www.agdaily.com/insights/farm-babe-internets-biggest-culprits-fake-news-agriculture/
Kyle Kulinski: Another Lazy YouTuber – Myles Power (powerm1985)
https://mylespower.co.uk/2017/08/12/kyle-kulinski-another-lazy-youtuber/
Most anti-GMO papers contain serious flaws | The Logic of Science
https://thelogicofscience.com/2017/07/30/most-anti-gmo-papers-contain-serious-flaws/
Farm Babe: Fat lies and wallets of anti-GMO lobbyists | AGDAILY
https://www.agdaily.com/features/farm-babe-fat-lies-fatter-wallets-anti-gmo-lobbyists/
Boycott the butterfly, and stop buying organic. – Assorted Topics Primer – Quora
https://atheismfaq.quora.com/Boycott-the-butterfly-and-stop-buying-organic
Michelle Miller aka The Farm Babe does her first FaceBook video blog.
Michelle Miller aka The Farm Babe does her first FaceBook video blog. She politely and calmly rants about GMOs, pesticides, and the organic food industry's anti-science campaigning.
Applied Mythology: Organic Might Not Mean What You Think It Means
http://appliedmythology.blogspot.com/2017/03/organic-might-not-mean-what-you-think.html?m=1
A Scientist Didn’t Disclose Important Data—and Let Everyone Believe a Popular Weedkiller Causes Cancer – Mother Jones
http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2017/06/monsanto-roundup-glyphosate-cancer-who/
Glyphosate Vs. Caffeine: Acute and Chronic Toxicity Assessments Explained – Food and Farm Discussion Lab
http://fafdl.org/blog/2017/04/13/glyphosate-vs-caffeine-acute-and-chronic-toxicity-assessments-explained/
The WHO’s cancer agency left in the dark over glyphosate evidence
More evidence that glyphosate does not cause cancer... The World Health Organization's cancer agency says a common weedkiller is "probably carcinogenic." The scientist leading that review knew of fresh data showing no cancer link - but he never mentioned it and the...
Let’s Stop Burying the Lede in the Organic vs Conventional Debate – Food and Farm Discussion Lab
http://fafdl.org/blog/2017/06/09/lets-stop-burying-the-lede-in-the-organic-vs-conventional-debate/
Apples to Oranges: Why Crops Thrive Where They Do – CommonGround
http://findourcommonground.com/blog/apples-to-oranges-why-crops-thrive-where-they-do/
Farm Babe: When farming ends a friendship | AGDAILY
http://www.agdaily.com/insights/farm-babe-when-farming-ends-friendship/
VerifyTV on GMO Technology
Look at what our obsession with white meat has done to chickens – The Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/03/12/our-insatiable-appetite-for-cheap-white-meat-is-making-chickens-unrecognizable/
These 6 common vegetables are actually all the same plant species
Brassica Oleracea plant species vegetables: kale, broccoli, and more - Business Insider http://www.businessinsider.com/brassica-oleracea-broccoli-kale-brussels-sprouts-2017-5
About Those Industry Funded GMO Studies . . . – GMO Building Blocks
http://fafdl.org/gmobb/about-those-industry-funded-gmo-studies/
Farm Babe: Top 100 websites for science in agriculture | AGDAILY
http://www.agdaily.com/insights/farm-babe-ultimate-resource-guide-top-100-science-websites-agriculture/
Originally Enchanted By Trump, California Farmers Panic As Their Fields Go Unpicked Due To His Immigration Policies | The Intellectualist
https://theintellectualist.co/originally-enchanted-trump-california-farmers-panic-fields-go-unpicked-due-immigration-policies/
On Transparency, Intimidation, and Being Called a Shill – Food and Farm Discussion Lab
http://fafdl.org/blog/2017/02/15/on-transparency-intimidation-and-being-called-a-shill/
3 Ways to Move the Goal Posts on GMOs and Defend Your Position Without Getting Caught (very often) – Food and Farm Discussion Lab
http://fafdl.org/blog/2017/02/15/3-ways-to-move-the-goal-posts-on-gmos-and-defend-your-position-without-getting-caught-very-often/
Without Glyphosate, What Would Farming Look Like?
https://www.geneticliteracyproject.org/2017/02/14/without-glyphosate-farming-look-like/
Hawaiian chef slices through anti-GMO propaganda | Genetic Literacy Project
A Hawaiian chef offers us his thinking on GMOs… “…since humans first started cultivating crops, we have been manipulating the genes of plants and animals to instill desired traits. Bigger pigs, brighter apples, sweeter citrus, artificially inseminated cows that...
Wisconsin farming couple to Rachel Ray: Stop spreading pseudo-science about antibiotics in milk | Genetic Literacy Project
https://www.geneticliteracyproject.org/2017/02/01/wisconsin-farming-couple-rachel-ray-please-stop-spreading-pseudo-science-antibiotics-conventional-milk/
How the Great Phosphorus Shortage Could Leave Us All Hungry – Food and Farm Discussion Lab
http://fafdl.org/blog/2017/01/31/how-the-great-phosphorus-shortage-could-leave-us-all-hungry/