By, Myrto Ashe, MD, MPH, a functional medicine family physician We have noticed a rash of comments in a variety of mainstream media accusing anyone who questions the safety of genetically modified foods of being “anti-science” and “hysterical”. These comments will also typically include the statements that hysterical anti-science people also oppose vaccinations and deny climate […]

By, Myrto Ashe, MD, MPH, a functional medicine family physician Glyphosate, the world’s most common herbicide, has been declared a probable carcinogen by the World Health Organization (WHO) via its International Agency of Research on Cancer (IARC). Glyphosate is the key component of Monsanto’s “Roundup” and also a component of the new “Enlist Duo” recently marketed to […]

By Emily Cassidy, Biofuels Research Analyst for Environmental Working Group. A new study led by scientists from the Arctic University of Norway has detected “extreme levels” of Roundup, the agricultural herbicide manufactured by Monsanto, in genetically engineered soy. The study, coming out in June’s issue of Food Chemistry and available online, looked at 31 different soybean plants […]

By, David Schubert, Ph.D., professor at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies Most people like to know what they are eating. However, labeling for genetically modified organisms is not required in any state. This is largely because of the money expended by GM seed producers toward blocking food-labeling laws. A common claim made by this group […]