In early March author Steven Druker challenged the Royal Society to justify its outspoken and partisan support of GMO crops, writes Colin Todhunter, and to correct any errors of fact in his book 'Altered Genes,Twisted Truths'. Three months later, the Royal Society remains silent. Is it frightened of genuine scientific debate?
… GMOs: the Royal Society's deafening silence Colin Todhunter | … 2015 Comment GMOs Science UK Health royal-society-cut.jpg Behind its palatial Nash … onto London's St James's Park, the Royal Society is maintaining an undignified silence …
The Royal Society wants us to take its word that GM crops are safe and healthy, writes Steven Druker. But it refuses to retract its errors, apologise to those whose reputations it has impugned, or enter into constructive debate on the issue. To restore its scientific integrity, it must abide by its own motto.
… The Royal Society's assault on the science of GM foods … Food Farming bookplate_of_the_royal_society_(great_britain)-cut.jpg The Royal Society wants us to take its word that GM … be defied: where the institution is the Royal Society, the world's oldest and most revered …
The Royal Society purports to provide unbiased information on scientific issues, writes Steven Druker. But its new guide on GMOs is grossly misleading - glossing over the many dangers inherent to the technology with bland, unsupported re-assurances. The Society must end its partisan promotion of GMOs or risk its reputation as Britain's premier scientific body.
… Royal Society must end its partisan, unscientific … News GMOs Science Health Food Farming royal-society-cut.jpg The Royal Society purports to provide unbiased …
The Royal Society has form on GM crops, writes the Soil Association - consistently Gung-ho! for the last 20 years, while refusing to engage with critics of the technology or even accept the existence of any problems. Its latest effort represents more of the same, while exposing this once August body to ridicule for its egregious scientific howlers.
… omission and misrepresentation: the Royal Society on GM crops Soil Association | 27th … The Royal Society has form on GM crops, writes the Soil … its egregious scientific howlers. This Royal Society document about GM crops , like every …
A Vision for Science and Society, in today’s technological vista, sounds an honourable aim. Guy Cook reads between the lines of this new UK government paper
… UK Government paper, A Vision for Science and Society, is no clear picture Guy Cook | 20th … A Vision for Science and Society, in today’s technological vista, … than the choices made by government and society between available technologies. So in …
As to global annihilation, I’m stumped. Most of us wouldn’t recognise a strangelet if it casually devoured us in the street
… Hadron colliders and the risk society Jim Thomas | 20th June 2008 Comment … Sir Martin Rees, president of the UK’s Royal Society, offers three scenarios by which … be gobbling up 120MW of power at a time when society needs to cut back global energy-use? …
Our economy demands that we make consumption our way of life, the that we seek our spiritual satisfaction in consumption…
… Economics Pollution Science And Technology Society Landfill-Main-NS.jpg Our economy … eloquent paean to our juggernaut, throwaway society in 1955. Just 18 months ago President … products? And if they can design a disposable society, why can’t they design a sustainable …
A Norwegian research scientist can trace PCB pollution on the seabed along the Norwegian coast directly back to the manufacturer. Norwegian authorities are considering suing chemical giants such as Monsanto and Bayer for millions of pounds. They may now pay for their misdemeanours, says Tom Erik Økland
… Toxin Hunt Poison List Shipyards Norwegian Society For The Conservation Of Nature … control Per-Erik Schulze from the Norwegian Society for the Conservation of Nature has … findings are disturbing. The Norwegian Society for the Conservation of Nature can …
Why is BP sponsoring the Science Museum's 'Late' event? It's all part of creating 'scientific consent' for fossil fuels, writes Drew Pearce, in the face of scientific certainty about climate change and the need for drastic cuts in carbon emissions. That's why we gatecrashed their latest show last week.
… 2016 Comment Climate Change Corporations Society Science Protest criminal-poster.jpg … introspection across almost all aspect of our society and economy. We will need to consider … ramping up of commitments as well as wider society to hold governments to account on …
The launch of the Royal Society's report on geo-engineering raises the spectre of a quick-fix solution to climate change. But is it that simple?
… geoengineer.jpg The launch of the Royal Society's report on geo-engineering raises the … change. But is it that simple? The Royal Society has launched a controversial report … Mike Childs told the Guardian when the Royal Society study was first announced in 2008. …
Following the retraction of the Seralini et al scientific paper which found health damage to rats fed on GM corn, over 100 scientists have pledged in this Open Letter to boycott Elsevier, publisher of the Journal responsible.
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Film maker Nick Breeze has conducted a series of interviews with experts on 'geo-engineering' to forestall runaway global warming. Here he presents the distilled wisdom from his meetings - and concludes that we should at least be experimenting with the techniques, and studying their impacts.
… stated in his presentation at the Royal Society recently: "The very very alarming … (IAGP) made this comment during his Royal Society presentation: "I'm not going to talk … into what can be done. The event at the Royal Society in November focussed on another form …
Ever since the 1970s we have lived with the growing awareness that our ecosystem is fragile and the perpetual exploitation of our natural resources impossible. By the late 1980s, even The Sun newspaper had its own green correspondent. Everything we buy, use and throw away has an impact somewhere on the ecological continuum, and nowadays the most bullish Western consumers’ consciences are regularly punctured by shards of eco-worry. We also increasingly realise that working ever harder for more possessions, more options, more stuff, doesn’t tend to make us more content.
… Consumerism Science And Technology Society Green Living_45.jpg Ever since the … and depression. Lifestyle pundits blame ‘society’ or the Government. Some say it’s a … To mask this possibility, we have created a society that proffers us clothes to transform …
Dolphins are passing toxic PCBs to their young, study finds.
… involved Morigenos – Slovenian Marine Mammal Society (Slovenia), the Sea Mammal Research … University of St Andrews (UK), the Zoological Society of London’s Institute of Zoology (UK), … wildlife veterinarian at the Zoological Society of London’s Institute of Zoology, …
The GM public debate, which runs throughout June and July, is the public’s chance to express any concerns it may have over the growing of GM crops in Britain. Andy Rowell explains why your participation is vital
… bedfellows’, April 2003) showed, the Royal Society – where most of the science debates … some staunchly pro-GM groups. Last month the society announced: ‘We have examined the … foods are inherently unsafe.’ In doing so the society allied itself closely with Tony …
The public must play a significant role in any decisions made about the development of the new technology. By Tom Wakeford
… Technology Public Role Science And Technology Society The public must play a significant … don’t play God, who will?’ Yet at the Royal Society’s People’s Science Summit in March … Nurse (the director of the RS’s Science in Society committee) suggested that genetic …
A detailed update of key climate indicators by hundreds of scientists reveals that 2014 saw rises in temperatures, sea levels and greenhouse gases to record levels, writes Alex Kirby.
… published by the American Meterological Society , draws on contributions from 413 … the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society , and compiled by NOAA’s Center for …
Our love affair with convenience culture extends to a reliance on convenience ‘cures’ for minor complaints. In the first article of a new series, the Ecologist’s Health Editor Pat Thomas says that self-medication isn’t the same as self-help
… Pharmaceuticals Health Science And Technology Society Green_Living_MAIN.jpg Our love affair … the single biggest preoccupations in modern society. But if pressed, most of us would … organ in the body). Unfortunately, in Western society today, most people get their …
A key paper that's been widely cited to justify the use of GM 'Golden rice' to boost vitamin A nutrition has been withdrawn due to ethical breaches, with no proof of consent by parents of the children taking part in trials. But that's not the only objection.
… the journal's publisher , the American Society for Nutrition, to stop the retraction. … 17, 2015 has cleared the way for the American Society for Nutrition (ASN) to retract the … article was retracted by the American Society for Nutrition on July 29, 2015. "In …
The 'brutal savage' meme has enjoyed a resurgence in popular culture and establishment narratives, writes Stephen Corry, despite abundant evidence that it's fundamentally wrong. But it suits today's dominant mindset of conquest, conflict and colonialism all too well, and serves to justify the ongoing genocide and expropriation of surviving Indigenous Peoples today.
… April 2016 Comment Indigenous Peoples Science Society War Books yanomami-cut.jpg The 'brutal … It also underpins how industrialized society treats those it sees as 'backward'. In … are a small-scale tribal (non-state) hunting society, our ancestors were the same, so the …
Climate manipulation must be regulated at the UN level to avoid countries taking matters into their own hands, says a committee of MPs
… major geoengineering initiative. The Royal Society today announced that it would review … report into geoengineering by the Royal Society. Political failure Environmental … Useful Links Friends of the Earth The Royal Society READ MORE... NEWS Governments 'eager' …
The pro-GM lobby has sought to take the 'scientific high-ground' by positioning itself as the voice of reason and progress, while painting its opponents as unsophisticated 'anti-science' luddites. In a scathing response Peter Melchett turns the tables
… turns the tables Powerful forces in Western society have been promoting genetic … Blair, scientific bodies like the UK's Royal Society, research councils, successive UK … and his work, particularly the UK’s Royal Society. However, to their shame, not one of …
Scotland's decision to maintain its GM-free status is in the best interests of the country, its people and its farmers, 30 scientists write to Rural Affairs Secretary Richard Lochhead. It is abundantly justified by the scientific evidence and will support the sustainable, agroecological farming systems of the future.
… London Ontario, Canada Fellow of Science In Society, London, UK; Many reports and articles … Dr Mae-Wan Ho , Institute of Science in Society, Roster of Experts on Cartagena … , Co-director, Institute of Science in Society; Emeritus Professor of Mathematics, …