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Kashi GoLean Non-GMO Project Cereal Has Traces Of Glyphosate

Kashi GoLean Non-GMO Project Cereal Has Traces Of Glyphosate

Aug 26 2015 | comment(s)

Not only does organic food have pesticides, which the $100 billion Big Organic industry would rather you forget, but it even has synthetic pesticides.

And that "Non-GMO Project" project sticker won't save you, because some boxes of Kashi GoLean Original cereal may have been "verified" by that piece of paper also, yet the food still had glyphosate, according to an analysis by another activist group. 
PLOS Removed Its Hatchet Job Against Kevin Folta - But The Problem Of Media Spin Remains

PLOS Removed Its Hatchet Job Against Kevin Folta - But The Problem Of Media Spin Remains

Aug 24 2015 | comment(s)

In February, a blogger at journal publisher Public Library of Science (PLOS),  issued a random, unsubstantiated smear against the organization I now run, the American Council on Science and Health - she claimed, bizarrely, that we lost our credibility decades ago by being shills for Big Tobacco. Ironically, she is an award-winning journalist.
Organic Food Recalls Up 700 Percent Since 2013

Organic Food Recalls Up 700 Percent Since 2013

Aug 22 2015 | comment(s)

Imagine if Big Ag industry lobbyists created a special section inside the US Department of Agriculture, where they got to define what artificial additives would go into their products and who could check their food for accuracy in labeling, all while claiming a special "health halo" for their products. Most people would object.

The $100 Big Organic industry doesn't object, though. 
The Dying Gasp Of Chuck Benbrook's Credibility

The Dying Gasp Of Chuck Benbrook's Credibility

Aug 20 2015 | comment(s)

Dr. Chuck Benbrook is an economist who may be an adjunct at Washington State University but calls himself a research professor and tells the public he is an expert in biology. Why so many organic food proponents believe a guy about something as complex as genetic modification when he can't even get his own title correct is a mystery we can't solve today but we know his credibility sure won't be bolstered up by an op-ed he just published in the New England Journal of Medicine.  
Union of Concerned Scientists Sides With Science

Union of Concerned Scientists Sides With Science

Aug 19 2015 | comment(s)

A decade ago, Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) cared little about science. They were run by a staffer from the Democratic party who was put in the place to mobilize soft-money donations from friendly foundations and political committees. Republicans were in power - times were good for them.

Academic scientists barely noticed their partisan skew because Republicans Were Anti-Science. They accepted evolution by 9 percentage points less than Democrats, President Bush funded human embryonic stem cell research for the first time in the NIH but limited it to existing lines as a compromise, so UCS claimed he banned it. And there was that global warming thing.
Is Methane A Problem? Or Just Environmental Framing To Go After Natural Gas?

Is Methane A Problem? Or Just Environmental Framing To Go After Natural Gas?

Aug 19 2015 | comment(s)

Methane has 23X the short term warming impact of CO2 but, it was noted by environmentalists when they used to advocate for natural gas, methane is very short-lived and the amount released due to natural gas usage is negligible.

Yet now the Environmental Protection Agency is looking for ways to punish the booming natural gas industry and they are citing methane as a problem.