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From Quackwatch:FDA Orders Dr. Joseph Mercola to Stop Illegal Claims
Posted by Pamela Ronald on September 18, 2012 Find out more about the man behind the funding for the California Proposition 37 labeling initiative. “Many of Mercola’s articles make unsubstantiated claims and clash with those of leading medical and public health organizations. For example, he opposes immunization [4] and fluoridation [5], and mammography [6]; claims that amalgam fillings are toxic [7]; and makes…
Endorsement: Prop. 37 is a sour plan for food labeling – Endorsements – The Sacramento Bee
Posted by Pamela Ronald on September 18, 2012 Endorsement: Prop. 37 is a sour plan for food labeling – Endorsements – The Sacramento Bee.
Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering series on Sustainable Agriculture and modern biotechnology #KSLA2012 with tweets · KamounLab · Storify
Posted by Pamela Ronald on August 31, 2012 Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering series on Sustainable Agriculture and modern biotechnology #KSLA2012 with tweets · KamounLab · Storify.
Seeds for Change: The Need for Stress Tolerant Crops in Central America
Posted by Pamela Ronald on August 4, 2012 A story by Guest Blogger Kay Watt Rice steamed in the husk and left to dry, then threshed is one of the subtle specialties of the region. In Panama the rainy season lasts most of the year. Rivers flood, runoff pours down hillsides, and the red clay roads become impassable. Horses strain forward…
What Is Life? A 21st Century Perspective | Conversation | Edge
Posted by Pamela Ronald on August 1, 2012 What Is Life? A 21st Century Perspective | Conversation | Edge. In February 1943 one of the most distinguished scientists of the 20th Century, Erwin Schrödinger, delivered a seminal lecture, entitled ‘What is Life?’, under the auspices of the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, in Trinity College, Dublin. The then Prime Minister, Éamon de…
CultureLab: Passing the baton of life – from Schrödinger to Venter
Posted by Pamela Ronald on July 20, 2012 CultureLab: Passing the baton of life – from Schrödinger to Venter.
Look Beyond the Scientific Veneer of that GMO Report
Posted by Pamela Ronald on June 20, 2012 Journalist Kevin Kloor makes a plea to influential and well-respected scholars like Marion Nestle: Dont be fooled by a scientific veneer.
The History of Sake: Takamine and Today (with tweets) · pcronald · Storify
Posted by Pamela Ronald on June 17, 2012 The History of Sake: Takamine and Today (with tweets) · pcronald · Storify.
The discovery of provitamin A synthesis, Vitamin A deficiency and the creation of Golden Rice
Posted by Pamela Ronald on June 17, 2012 F. Cunningham gave a great talk today at the ASM 2012 meeting on the discovery of provitamin A synthesis, Vitamin A deficiency and the creation of Golden Rice. Read my twitter stream here.
Is Greenpeace misinterpreting data?
Posted by Pamela Ronald on June 14, 2012 New study concludes” “The western bean cutworm is neither a ‘new plant pest’ nor ’caused by GE corn’ as stated by Greenpeace.”
