Mandatory Labeling of Genetically Modified Foods Would Be "Extremely Misleading to Consumers," Argues Washington Post
WaPo editors counter anti-biotech activist's disinformation campaign
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"Knowledge is power," says Angelina Jolie Pitt with Respect to Genetic Testing
The FDA disagrees and prefers ignorance
How Do You Like Them Non-Browning Apples, and Potatoes Too?
We don't, say the bioluddites over at Friends of the Earth and Consumers Union
Socially Engineering Food Choices Doesn't Work
To say that Los Angeles merely failed would be putting it mildly.
Superbugs Are Outstripping Antibiotics
Bacteria can evolve. Maybe federal policymakers can as well, before it's too late.
WATCH: Hacking Life's Code and Creating New Organisms with 3-D Printed DNA
Q&A With Cambrian Genomics' Austen Heinz
FDA Regulators Ease Just a Tiny Bit Their Stranglehold on Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Testing
Testing company 23andMe expresses its gratitude
Hooray for FrankenMosquitoes in the Florida Keys!
Genetically modified mosquitoes combat disease
Could a Single Food-Safety Agency be the Answer?
If a new federal food-safety agency would help eliminate inefficiencies, it might earn widespread support.
Congressional Dems Propose New Food-Safety Super Agency
Consolidating food-safety functions might be smart, but why create a whole new federal agency?
BPA Safe: Yet Another Scientifically Unfounded Environmentalist Scare Bites the Dust
European Food Safety Authority finds "no consumer health risk from bisphenol-A exposure."
What Obama's Cuba Deal Means for the Future of Cuban Cigars
Don't stop hoarding those Cuban cigars just yet.
Conspicuous Calorie Counts Can't Control Consumption
There is little reason to believe the FDA's new menu regulations will make people thinner.
FDA Plan to Make Americans Slimmer Will Reduce Fresh Food Options
Mandate for more nutritional labeling comes with a hefty price tag.
Hellman's Sues to Protect Its Mayo-Monopoly
Hellman's says a competitor doesn't meet FDA "mayonnaise" standards. So it sued.
The Feds 'Modernize' Food Safety Without Making Food Safer
Proposed FDA food-safety rules under the FSMA show the expensive campaign to modernize food safety shouldn't be confused with one that improves food safety.
How Cutting-Edge Medicine Might Have Spared Us the Ebola Epidemic
The promise of technical end-runs around government ineptitude
Poll: Americans Want Congress to Vote on Military Force Before Midterms, Say an Ebola Outbreak Is Likely and Kids Should Be Required to Get Vaccinations
Reason-Rupe finds the public wants Congress to return to DC to vote on ISIS now and is split between raising taxes and cutting spending to pay for the latest war
How the Apple Watch Could Help Revolutionize Health Care
The next big political fix for our ailing health care system should be to get out of Silicon Valley's way.
First Annual Food Freedom Fest Offers Reasons for Optimism
The Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund's first annual Food Freedom Fest, which took place last weekend, was a fantastic event.
Former FDA Head Says Agency Holds Medicine Back
We're squandering "unbelievable" scientific possibilities.
The FDA's Idiotic Attack on 'Added' Ingredients
The FDA's growing crackdown on added food ingredients just doesn't add up.
3 Ridiculous Ways the FDA Is Policing Social Media
In the FDA's world, Facebook likes are advertising and honey is a "new drug" that must be regulated.
Will FDA Finally Reclassify Marijuana?
The feds list pot as one of the most dangerous drugs.
The FDA's Unpalatable Cheese Crackdown
Did the FDA really back down? There are holes in that argument.
Baylen Linnekin on the FDA's Cheese Crackdown
You dine at the pleasure of the FDA. Enjoy it while it lasts.
