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In places like Indonesia, where white rice is a staple food, vitamin deficiency is a serious problem – especially for children. Shreyans Bhansali

For GM food and vaccinations, the panic virus is a deadly disease

David Tribe, The University of Melbourne and Richard Roush, The University of Melbourne

Most readers are aware of the benefits of using vaccines to boost the immune system and prevent infectious disease. Many readers will not be aware of a very different disease prevention tool: supplementing…
Pesticide levels considered ‘environmentally protective’ are still having a catastrophic effect on insect invertebrates like dragonflies, the study showed. http://www.flickr.com/photos/21644167@N04/3755575059

Even ‘environmentally protective’ levels of pesticide devastate insect biodiversity

Michelle See-Tho, The Conversation

Pesticide levels considered environmentally friendly in Europe and Australia are, in fact, having a devastating effect on invertebrate insect biodiversity in nearby creeks and streams, a new study has…
There’s a great disparity between how different foods are labelled in Australia. Mathew Sanders

Calls for labelling GM food reveal attempts at market domination

Richard Roush, The University of Melbourne and David Tribe, The University of Melbourne

Australia has one of the more rigorous food labelling systems in the world for genetically modified (GM) attributes. All foods with more than 1% GM in any ingredient are required to be identified as “genetically…
Science is a battleground with areas that are bitterly contested by special interests that sometime stoop to trickery. JD Hancock

Modifying the message: how tricks masked home truths about anti‑GM science

Richard Roush, The University of Melbourne and David Tribe, The University of Melbourne

Well-established science is highly reliable and serves us well. Modern medicine, the airline industry, and the internet all show what science can achieve in terms of healthier, more interesting and wealthier…
Genetically modified crops have allowed pesticide spraying to be reduced by almost half a million kilograms in the last 15 years. Eric Constantineau

Genetically modified crops shrink farming’s pesticide footprint

Richard Roush, The University of Melbourne and David Tribe, The University of Melbourne

Recent news reports claim one in ten Australians believe the world will end on December 21, 2012, based largely on internet gossip about the meaning of ancient stone carvings from the Mayans of Central…
GM crops are used in Australia to thwart pests such as the Cotton Bollworm (which also destroys corn). AAP/University of Melbourne

Will superbugs overwhelm insect‑resistant GM crops?

Richard Roush, The University of Melbourne

A recent report in the Wall Street Journal spoke of rootworms in the US state of Iowa that had evolved resistance to a strain of genetically modified (GM) corn developed especially to thwart those rootworms…

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