Jon Entine
Genetic Literacy
Cincinnati, OH, United States
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Is tilapia a human-made freak that we should avoid — or an evolutionary rockstar?
Posts were appearing on my Facebook feed warning against the dangers of eating tilapia. So I decided to do a little research. My dad was a seafood wholesaler at the Fulton Fish market, and as a kid I’d encountered all manner of fish, at the dinner table and from working one summer at his stall. I knew about porgies, red snapper, flounder, and crabs galore, and that gefilte fish was a mixture of… → Read More
Viewpoint: California's science-challenged Proposition 65 toxic chemical regulation act at center of 'tort shakedown' racket
y wife and I recently celebrated our one-year wedding anniversary in South Lake Tahoe, situated on the border of California and Nevada. As we sat down to → Read More
Non-GMO Project logo not only deceives, it ironically features a genetically modified butterfly, scientist claims
Perhaps no group is more in the spotlight on the topic of labeling than The Non-GMO Project, whose monarch butterfly logo has become increasingly → Read More
How Russia And NGOs Collude To Damage American Exceptionalism
Many anti-biotechnology 'green groups' have palpable links to Russia's prodigious propaganda machine → Read More
The Bee Apocalypse Was Never Real; Here's Why
If you were concerned after reading a sentence like “Populations of honeybees have crashed in recent years, and many researchers have pointed the blame at a class of widely used insecticides called neonicotinoids,” you are not alone. That’s how an otherwise excellent article in The Scientist summarizing a recent USDA study on honeybees’ molecular responses to neonicotinoids began. But you… → Read More
Tale of two neonicotinoid bumble bee studies—And how science can be massaged
Are neonics dangerous for bees? Two studies published on the same day reached sharply different conclusions. Guess which one got almost no publicity? Here’s why. → Read More
Ecomodernist podcast: Food Evolution film about 'confirmation bias' in foodie and anti-GMO community
One of the more surprising reactions to the documentary--and disappointing to scientists--came from organic and agroecology supporters who called it 'propaganda'--even before most of them even saw it. → Read More
Why identifying 'autism genes' is so elusive
Researchers are unlocking the mystery of autism's origin. Yes, it's mostly 'in the genes,' but what that means is one of many questions that remain to be answered. → Read More
Backlash to flawed 'landmark' European neonicotinoid study: Inconclusive data suggest both health benefits and harm
Upside down news: A backlash by independent scientists has begun to emerge, challenging sensational accounts of a 'landmark' European field study of bees and neonics that the study authors claim 'proves' neonics are a key driver of bee health problems. → Read More
How to resist health scares: Review of Geoffrey Kabat’s ‘Getting Risk Right’
Public health regulations, particularly as regards chemicals, are often driven by precautionary fears stirred by sloppy reporting stirred by advocacy groups, many with compromising conflicts-of-interest. Dr. Kabat's book on understanding risk provides a critical guide to 'sound science.' → Read More
Activists claim that without long-term studies, GMOs cannot be considered safe: What does science say?
No multi-generational GMO food studies? Bollocks. There are dozens, and all conclude biotech seeds are as safe or safer than conventional/organic. → Read More
GMO sustainability advantage? Glyphosate sparks no-till farming, preserving soil carbon
Skeptics of GMOs decry the growing practice of no-till farming and its connection to herbicide-tolerant crops. Yet, agronomists say good stewardship of glyphosate on crops gives farmers another option within a no-till farming system, which has clearly documented environmental benefits. → Read More
Bias at The New York Times? ‘The Truth is Hard’ when reporting on bees and neonicotinoid pesticides
Covering food and modern farming has not been the New York Times' strong point, writes GLP's Jon Entine. Is the Times willing to devote the time and editorial resources to report on nuanced stories, such as concerns over bee health? → Read More
GLP's Jon Entine: Rules on human germline gene editing must be flexible to encourage innovation
Host Sushmita Paathak: Some genetic conditions like Down syndrome can be detected through prenatal testing. But what if you could “fix” the condition in ut → Read More
Bees Shouldn’t Become The Next ‘Fake News’ Victim
The line between deliberately manipulating a story or poorly reporting the facts is perilously thin. During Sunday’s Academy Awards presentation, the United States’ ‘paper of record’, the New York Times, launched an advertising blitz positioning itself as the highbrow ethical responder to the spate of so-called ‘fake news.’ “The truth is hard…to find…to know,” the add proclaimed, somberly. It’s… → Read More
Buzz Kill: How the Sierra Club uses scare tactics about bee health and twists the science to raise money
The Sierra Club, once venerated for its problem-solving approach to environmental issues, has become a shrill campaigner against many modern technologies. It's renewed campaign misleadingly hyping the dangers of pesticides to bees is its latest money raising venture. → Read More
Glyphosate Chemophobia Grips Sonoma County: Sprayers Don Hazmat Suits, Respirators After Switch to 'Safer' Organic Weed Killers
If you've followed the often acrimonious debate over GMOs in foods, you've probably seen pictures of farmers walking through corn and soy fields bedecked... → Read More
GMOs, Yes!
Vigorous debate over the future of food is healthy, but our obsession with GMOs has driven reasonable discourse into the ditch. → Read More
GMOs, Yes! | Common Reader
Vigorous debate over the future of food is healthy, but our obsession with GMOs has driven reasonable discourse into the ditch. → Read More
Anatomy Of A Smear Attack on GMO Supporting Scientists
One might wonder what would motivate someone to embark on a campaign of hostility toward innovations in food and agriculture that have already delivered enormous benefits around the world, particularly to small farmers in developing countries?... → Read More