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Into these plants we were putting DNA from various foreign organisms, such as viruses and bacteria. I was not, at the outset, concerned about the possible effects of GM plants on human health or the environment. One reason for this lack of concern was that I was still a very young scientist, feeling […]
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Growing Doubt: a Scientist's Experience of GMOs
September 3rd, 2015 
Awake Goy 
Posted in World News 
Tags: gm, GMOs, human health, scientific research, viruses and bacteria, young scientist 
No Comments »How Shoddy Science Creates Big Government
September 2nd, 2015 Awake Goy In the popular imagination, the work of scientists is marked by a series of “Eureka!” moments. But most science is not about glorious flashes of insight. Instead, its humble aim is to be less wrong about the theories that govern our understanding of the universe. The best way to judge new theories, then, […]
Growing Doubt: a Scientist’s Experience of GMOs. “Flawed Processes of GMO Risk Assessment”
September 2nd, 2015 Awake Goy By training, I am a plant biologist. In the early 1990s I was busy making genetically modified plants (often called GMOs for Genetically Modified Organisms) as part of the research that led to my PhD. Into these plants we were putting DNA from various foreign organisms, such as viruses and bacteria. I was not, at […]
