Top news of the week: 10.03.2020.
Biotechnology, Genetically modified food, Poverty, Methane, Food and Agriculture Organization, Science
Food And Agriculture
RT @GeneticLiteracy: "The commentary is the latest push in a reform drive that began in 2018 when the European Court of Justice ruled that gene-edited organisms would be subject to the same stringent regulations that now govern GMOs."
https://t.co/JB729WR31i @ScienceAlly @joanconrow
OpenTop European science council demands ‘radical’ GMO regulatory reform
A top European science council calling is demanding a “radical reform of the legal framework” that regulates genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in the
RT @DrMayneFDAFood: Today at the FDA, along with @USDA & @EPA, we are launching #FeedYourMind with videos, fact sheets and more on the science and safety of foods made through genetic engineering (aka GMO) https://t.co/QZ73wQVcSQ https://t.co/JEfebi43Ui
OpenAgricultural Biotechnology
GMO foods have been available to consumers since the early 1990s. Since then, the FDA, EPA, and USDA have worked together to ensure that crops produced through genetic engineering for sale ...
RT @GeneticLiteracy: "So the question becomes, how, and how quickly, can they be set aside?"
https://t.co/XqdWihXbx2 @prometheusgreen
OpenViewpoint: It’s time to stop ‘worrying’ whether gene-edited plants and animals are GMOs—and set aside senseless regulations
Finding the best path starts with understanding what gene editing actually is -- and isn't.
Viewpoint: How New Zealand's biotech 'science deniers' hinder effort to fight climate change with GMO ryegrass https://t.co/eJXEBRoCQg
OpenViewpoint: How New Zealand’s biotech ‘science deniers’ hinder effort to fight climate change with GMO ryegrass
Methane abatement efforts are important. Let's get the reporting right.
A great article from @SynBioBeta: “The grand vision of industrial biotechnology [was always] getting rid of nasty old polluting chemical-based processes for making things, & doing it with biology—whether that’s monomers for plastics, vitamins or biofuels,” https://t.co/p95Aiih3HS
OpenHow industrial enzymes have changed your life in more ways than you know
Industrial enzymes are the poster child for engineering a better future: they reduce water use, slash emissions, and minimize toxic byproducts often associated with chemical production.
"Yet by any of the standard measures of public health – reductions in mortality, impairment, and infectious diseases, as well as improved quality of life – the contribution of modern pesticides has been profound."
https://t.co/BezsVVHWN8 @henryimiller
OpenViewpoint: Unprecedented abundance obscures the ‘profound’ public health benefits of pesticide use
Our greatest public health challenge isn’t chemicals -- it's ignorance and fear-mongering about them.
Mozambique sees GMO crops as way to reduce poverty, achieve food security https://t.co/mKxsEJU8JH via @ScienceAlly
OpenMozambique sees GMO crops as way to reduce poverty, achieve food security
Mozambique is exploring the use of biotech crops to boost food security following its successful field trials of genetically modified (GM) corn. Since 2017, Mozambique has been conducting ...
Dr. Huber makes myriad claims contradicted by the data. He is not an expert on glyphosate or GMOs. Colleagues from his own former university have disavowed his claims https://t.co/FTEFjiE99l & https://t.co/q9y1C1MdnW & https://t.co/6JUWAPf14r & https://t.co/FuaT3QJsEC https://t.co/TU44HpGIET
OpenHuber’s claims in Maui lack evidence
Yesterday, Dr. Don Huber spoke in Maui as part of an event that kicked off a political campaign to ban genetically engineered crops from the island. The same day, a letter to the editor by ...