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David Tribe on 19 April 2011
From GMO Pundit.
GMOs are not the only fashionably foolish denialism sloshing around the internet. Chris Mooney explains over at Mother Jones:
“So is there a case study of science denial that largely occupies the political left? Yes: the claim that childhood vaccines are causing an epidemic of autism. Its most famous proponents are an environmentalist (Robert F. Kennedy Jr.) and numerous Hollywood celebrities (most notably Jenny McCarthy and Jim Carrey). The Huffington Post gives a very large megaphone to denialists. And Seth Mnookin, author of the new book The Panic Virus, notes that if you want to find vaccine deniers, all you need to do is go hang out at Whole Foods.
Vaccine denial has all the hallmarks of a belief system that’s not amenable to refutation. Over the past decade, the assertion that childhood vaccines are driving autism rates has been undermined by multiple epidemiological studies—as well as the simple fact that autism rates continue to rise, even though the alleged offending agent in vaccines (a mercury-based preservative called thimerosal) has long since been removed.”
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David Tribe on 5 April 2011
From GMO Pundit.
Fill in the XXXs below as you see fit.
How the anti-XXX lobby misled us all with dodgy claims
George Monbiot, The Age, Melbourne
April 6, 2011
When the facts don’t suit, the movement resorts to the folly of cover-up allegations.
OVER the past fortnight I’ve made a deeply troubling discovery. The anti-XXX movement to which I once belonged has misled the world about the impacts of XXX on human health. The claims we have made are ungrounded in science, unsupportable when challenged, and wildly wrong. We have done other people, and ourselves, a terrible disservice.
I began to see the extent of the problem after a debate last week with XXX XXXX, the world’s foremost anti-XXX campaigner. She has received 21 honorary degrees and scores of awards.
In the debate she made some striking statements about the dangers of XXX. I asked for the sources. XXXs response has profoundly shaken me.
First she sent me nine documents: newspaper articles, press releases and an advertisement. None were scientific publications; none contained sources for the claims she had made. But one of the press releases referred to a report by the US National Academy of Sciences, which she urged me to read. I have now done so. It supports none of the statements I questioned; in fact, it strongly contradicts her claims about the health effects of XXX.
I pressed her further and she gave me a series of answers that made my heart sink – in most cases they referred to publications that had little or no scientific standing, which did not support her claims or which contradicted them. (Excerpt from the start of the full article provided at the link)
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David Tribe on 14 December 2010
From GMO Pundit.
Is the Catholic Church in favour of GM crops? Lab Notes By Steve Connor Tuesday, 14 December 2010 Is the Vatican close to endorsing the cultivation of genetically modified (GM) crops in order to feed the world’s growing population? Could it be that the Catholic Church is about to take a moral position on GM food?
A leaked document from a group of scientists linked to Rome has set a
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David Tribe on 10 December 2010
From GMO Pundit.
Over at ” Consider Icarus…” Cami Ryan had posted this on:
Genetic ID and its questionable connections…
By gathering information and data points through a review of publically available online information (journal articles and web pages), I generated a network on Genetic ID and the firm’s connections to a complexity of actors and institutions. The resulting network outlines what is clearly a convoluted network of bias – both politically and theologically – against GE and GMO. With the recent Triffid issue,Genetic ID has stood to reap significant financial benefits through testing revenues (I should qualify this – - – the company is “presumed” to have gained financially).
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David Tribe on 2 December 2010
From GMO Pundit.
We need to alert you all to the fact that a poll on GM crop trials in South Australia is open on the Stock and Land website at the moment. See the right side bar on http://stage.sj.farmonline.com.au/news/state/grains-and-cropping/general/gm-trials-extended/2013833.aspx
I encourage you all to vote and also to encourage any like minded colleagues to vote as well. The poll question is do you support the GM crop trials is South Australia and currently the answers are 21.4% yes 78.6% no.
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