Kevin M. Folta

Gulf of Mexico

Podcast Host and Producer at Talking Biotech Podcast

Professor, scientist, fruit grower, good trouble, sustainable food /farm tech. Fighting disinformation. Talking Biotech host https://t.co/QA3Y1ZmS9P

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Viewpoint: Challenging simplitic activist calls for more 'nutrient dense' foods and its attacks on 'industrial' food

2 months ago | geneticliteracyproject.org | Kevin M. Folta

There’s a new trope in town, a common mantra on webpages critical conventional agriculture: today’s fruits and veggies aren’t like grandma’s. They’ve all been wrecked by genetic breeding and pesticide use, and all the nutrition and taste are gone, gone, gone. It’s another overwrought claim in the quiver of contemporary anti-agriculture sentiments. The term “nutrient density” is a screaming alarm bell in social media, especially in discourse about the dangers of ‘industrial’ food and farming.
Viewpoint: Basil, clove, hand creams and perfumes contain killer chemicals? Here's why the European hazard agency IARC is considered a running joke in the science community

2 months ago | geneticliteracyproject.org | Jon Entine |Kevin M. Folta

Here is a primer on why the Lyons, France based International Association for Research on Cancer, the IARC, has become the favorite go-to organization for activist environmental Non-governmental organizations (eNGOs) and trial lawyers looking to score billion dollar verdicts litigating safe products like artifical sweeteners, Gardasil, talcum powder and glyphosate.
New Health and Human Services Secretary RFK, Jr.

Feb 13, 2025 | unz.com | Jon Entine |Kevin M. Folta

Jon Entine Archive New Health and Human Services Secretary RFK, Jr.America’s health, food and farming nightmare begins◄►◄►▲▼ • B Without question, the United States of America leads the world in health and agricultural innovation. We have created a system that has room for improvement but overall is recognized as a global innovator. That leadership will fade now that Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has been confirmed as the new secretary of Health and Human Service (HHS).
Podcast: Dr. Kevin Folta on the surge of disinformation about seed oils, glyphosate and genetically modified crops

Jan 16, 2025 | geneticliteracyproject.org | Kevin M. Folta

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Is glyphosate weedkiller a danger to humans, bees and the environment? Addressing 10 controversial claims

Sep 3, 2024 | geneticliteracyproject.org | Andrea Love |Kevin M. Folta |Nicole Keller

Agricultural advances have made farming and our foods safer and more abundant than at any other time in history. Everyone wants safe food and sustainable farming. But modern technologies are victims of their own success, and media ecosystems exacerbate confusion. And while everything is a chemical—and chemicals enable food production—the word evokes fear and anxiety.
A Skeptical Guide to Glyphosate: Toolkit for Ten Common Claims

Aug 20, 2024 | skepticalinquirer.org | Kevin M. Folta |Nicole Keller

Agricultural advances have made farming and our foods safer and more abundant than at any other time in history. Everyone wants safe food and sustainable farming. But modern technologies are victims of their own success, and media ecosystems exacerbate confusion. And while everything is a chemical—and chemicals enable food production—the word evokes fear and anxiety.
Viewpoint: Captured by agroecology ideologues - The Conversation fans advocacy group propaganda challenging glyphosate safety

Jul 23, 2024 | geneticliteracyproject.org | Jon Entine |Kevin M. Folta

It is frustrating to read blatantly false science information online, but it’s a fact of our time. For years, we’ve at least we’ve had bulwarks, such as the online “The Conversation,” which bills itself as “an independent, nonprofit platform for informed commentary and analysis written by university faculty and researchers”. Independent it may be, but informed? Unfortunately, its standards are slipping.
Viewpoint: Anti-biotechnology activists decry the ‘Bioengineered Ingredients’ label but campaigners exploit confusion over what it means to scare people

Jul 8, 2024 | geneticliteracyproject.org | Kevin M. Folta

When the federal government decided in 2015 to establish uniform national standards for bioengineered food labels, anti-GMO crusaders went into hyper-outrage.
‘Delicious Dozen’: Rejection of Big Ag and simplistic calls for 'nutrient density' distracts from health priorities

Jun 11, 2024 | geneticliteracyproject.org | Kevin M. Folta

There’s a new trope in town, a common mantra on webpages critical conventional agriculture: today’s fruits and veggies aren’t like grandma’s. They’ve all been wrecked by genetic breeding and pesticide use, and all the nutrition and taste are gone, gone, gone. It’s another overwrought claim in the quiver of contemporary anti-ag sentiments. The term “nutrient density” is a screaming alarm bell in social media, especially in discourse about the dangers of ‘industrial’ food and farming.
Viewpoint: The disinformation-promoting Non-GMO Project takes on synthetic biology on behalf of the consumer. Are they really on your side?

Jun 7, 2024 | geneticliteracyproject.org | Kevin M. Folta

The Non-GMO Project is a pay-for-certification scheme masquerading as a 501(c)3 organization. It allows food manufacturers to decorate their packages with the organization’s artwork—a label that implies a product free of risk, where none ever existed. The “certification” is simply an assertion that food in the package contains no ingredients derived from (perfectly safe) genetically engineered crops.

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RT @ScienceMagazine: In Science, researchers present a new method to safely and preferentially generate CAR T cells directly inside the bod…

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RT @simonmaechling: “Sodiums” = nonsense. Chemophobia meets poor science literacy.🧂🙃 https://t.co/dWklKuMUIZ

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Articles

Viewpoint: Challenging simplitic activist calls for more 'nutrient dense' foods and its attacks on 'industrial' food

Viewpoint: Basil, clove, hand creams and perfumes contain killer chemicals? Here's why the European hazard agency IARC is considered a running joke in the science community

New Health and Human Services Secretary RFK, Jr.

Podcast: Dr. Kevin Folta on the surge of disinformation about seed oils, glyphosate and genetically modified crops

Is glyphosate weedkiller a danger to humans, bees and the environment? Addressing 10 controversial claims

A Skeptical Guide to Glyphosate: Toolkit for Ten Common Claims

Viewpoint: Captured by agroecology ideologues - The Conversation fans advocacy group propaganda challenging glyphosate safety

Viewpoint: Anti-biotechnology activists decry the ‘Bioengineered Ingredients’ label but campaigners exploit confusion over what it means to scare people

‘Delicious Dozen’: Rejection of Big Ag and simplistic calls for 'nutrient density' distracts from health priorities

Viewpoint: The disinformation-promoting Non-GMO Project takes on synthetic biology on behalf of the consumer. Are they really on your side?

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