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Jonathan R. Latham

Jonathan R. Latham, PhD, is co-founder and executive director of the Bioscience Resource Project, which is the publisher of Independent Science News (independentsciencenews.org). He has published scientific papers in disciplines as diverse as plant ecology, virology, genetics, and RNA biology.
Jonathan R. Latham, PhD is co-founder and executive director of the Bioscience Resource Project, a non-profit dedicated to furthering public-interest science. The Project is the publisher of Independent Science News (independentsciencenews.org). Dr Latham has published peer-reviewed scientific papers in disciplines as diverse as plant ecology, virology, genetics, and RNA biology. He is now the editor of Independent Science News. His science writing has appeared in FAIR, Truthout, The Guardian, The Guardian Weekly, Counterpunch, The Ecologist, and numerous other media outlets.
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This is Why Gene Editing of Plants and Animals Needs to be Regulated
Gene editing of DNA inside living cells has many potential uses — from treating human disease to altering crops and livestock for agriculture — and is often considered the preeminent technological breakthrough of... MORE
Rural America · October 19, 2019
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Is the Biotech Industry Transforming a Natural Pesticide into a Super Toxin?
Is the supposed safety advantage of GMO crops over conventional chemical pesticides a mirage? According to biotech lore, the Bt (Bacillus thuringiensis) pesticides introduced into many GMO food crops are natural proteins whose... MORE
Rural America · October 9, 2017
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4 Ways the Biotech Industry is Taking Over GMO Regulation from the Inside
The British non-profit GMWatch recently revealed that agribusiness has in effect taken over Conabia, the National Advisory Committee on Agricultural Biotechnology of Argentina. Conabia is the GMO assessment body of Argentina. According to... MORE
Rural America · July 24, 2017
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Michael Pollan and Co. Called the GMO Labeling Debate “Parochial”—Not Everyone Agrees
The GMO labeling issue has quieted down some but there is still plenty to discuss. On January 19, the USDA proposed its latest definition of genetically modified food, for labeling purposes, and... MORE
Rural America · January 24, 2017
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How the Food Movement Transcends Ideology…and Why That Makes It Unstoppable
In 1381, for the first and only time, the dreaded Tower of London was captured from the King of England. The forces that seized it did not belong to a foreign power; nor were... MORE
Rural America · September 20, 2016
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Biotech Reps and GMO Regs: Conflicts of Interest at the National Academy of Sciences
The National Academy of Sciences needs to urgently address its one-sided work on GMOs say public-interest groups, farmer organizations and academics. In a letter sent to the Academy’s president, Bruce B.... MORE
Rural America · June 30, 2016
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God’s Red Pencil? CRISPR and the 3 Myths of Precise Genome Editing
For the benefit of those parts of the world where public acceptance of biotechnology is incomplete, a public relations blitz is at full tilt. It concerns an emerging set of methods for altering... MORE
Rural America · May 3, 2016
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The Kids Are Not All Right: GE Soybeans Alter Nanny’s Milk and Stunt Growth, Research Finds
Pregnant goats fed with genetically engineered (GE) soybeans have offspring that grow more slowly and are shorter, according to a new Italian study, “Genetically modified soybean in a goat diet: Influence on... MORE
Rural America · October 27, 2015
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The Puppetmasters of Academia: What the New York Times Left Out of Its GMO Exposé
“Reading the emails make[s] me want to throw up,” tweeted the Food Babe after reading a lengthy series of them posted online by the New York Times on... MORE
Rural America · October 7, 2015
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Cooking the Books and Eating the Research: A Scientist Explains the Dangers of GMOs
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... MORE
Rural America · September 1, 2015