GLP Weekly: How organic industry opposition to CRISPR encourages pesticide use; How synthetic biology can revolutionize fashion industry; and more!

GLP Features Articles by GLP staff and contributors

Sustainable dyes and fabrics created through synthetic biology promise to revolutionize fashion industry Kostas Vavitsas Viewpoint: How organic industry opposition to CRISPR gene editing encourages pesticide use Steven Cerier Viewpoint: ‘GMO’—the dirty three-letter word used to demonize life-saving biotechnology Sarah Evanega Oxitec’s GMO mosquitoes spread their genes in the wild? Separating science from hype after controversial new study Andrew Porterfield From GMOs to BPA, why the wealthy are more likely to fall for food pseudoscience Douglas Buhler, Sheril Kirshenbaum Evolution, the human diet and the meat vs. plant conundrum Meredith Knight If pain is subjective, how do we measure it in a meaningful way? Jeremy Delahanty Viewpoint: Activist myth-making, anti-science lobbying undermine Uganda’s path to food security Robert Wager Tackling Stone Age stereotypes and misconceptions including this: They made tools out of more than just stone Stephen Nash Viewpoint: ‘Roundup game plan’—How ‘environmental’ activists, IARC’s Chris Portier plotted attacks on Monsanto-Bayer to get glyphosate banned and cripple ag biotechnology David Zaruk