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====== Prominent GMO Critics ====== ===== Environmental claims ===== ==== Charles Benbrook ==== * [[Charles Benbrook|Charles Benbrook]] is chief scientist of the Organic Center in Oregon, wrote a much-quoted paper claiming that transgenic crops increase pesticide use. ==== Food and Water Watch ==== * [[Food and Water Watch|Food and Water Watch]] is an NGO interested in a range of topics including not only GMOs but irradiation and nanotechnology. Recent campaigns include activism on AquaBounty's transgenic salmon. ==== Greenpeace ==== * [[Greenpeace|Greenpeace]] has released several popular-level reports critical of transgenics. ==== John Losey ==== * [[John Losey|John Losey]] has researched the potential for monarch butterfly caterpillars to be harmed by transgenic Bt-expressing pollen. ==== David Suzuki ==== * [[David Suzuki|David Suzuki]] was a respected scientist and science communicator until his retirement in 2001. He has made public statements against GM foods. ==== Nassim Taleb ==== * [[Nassim Taleb|Nassim Taleb]] is an economist interested in the Precautionary Principle. ==== Union of Concerned Scientists ==== * [[Union of Concerned Scientists|Union of Concerned Scientists]] is best known for their report, “Failure to Yield”. ==== Luiz Zobiole ==== * [[Luiz Zobiole|Luiz Zobiole]] has researched mineral uptake in Roundup Ready plants. ===== Health claims ===== ==== Mike Adams ==== * [[Mike Adams|Mike Adams]] (Natural News) known as the “Health Ranger”, runs a website dedicated to alternative medicine and conspiracy theories. ==== Mark Bittman ==== * [[Mark Bittman|Mark Bittman]] is a food journalist and NY Times columnist, has written several anti-GM articles. ==== Thomas Bohn ==== * [[Thomas Bohn|Thomas Bohn]] (Bøhn) wrote a paper on glyphosate contamination of GM soybeans. ==== Judy Carman ==== * [[Judy Carman|Judy Carman]] wrote a study on GM feed and pigs. ==== Consumers Union ==== * [[Consumers Union|Consumers Union]] is the publisher of Consumer Reports magazine, which has recently come out as anti-GM. ==== Z El-Shamei ==== * [[Z El-Shamei|Z El-Shamei]] wrote a paper describing minor cellular-level differences in rats fed GM feed. ==== ENSSER (European Network of Scientists for Social and Environmental Responsibility) ==== * [[ENSSER|ENSSER]] is best known for their statement on a lack of scientific consensus for GM safety. ==== Environmental Working Group ==== * [[Environmental Working Group|Environmental Working Group]] is most famous for their annual “Dirty Dozen” report on pesticide residues, but they also have multiple other consumer reports. ==== Vani Hari (Food Babe) ==== * [[Vani Hari|Vani Hari]] has a popular blog questioning the safety of GM products and many other standard food practices. ==== Don Huber ==== * [[Don Huber|Don Huber]] claimed to have isolated a new pathogen associated with glyphosate. ==== Samuel Leblanc & Aziz Aris ==== * [[Samuel Leblanc & Aziz Aris|Samuel Leblanc & Aziz Aris]] claimed to have found Bt toxin in pregnant women and in fetuses. ==== Manuela Malatesta ==== * [[Manuela Malatesta|Manuela Malatesta]] claimed to have found cellular-level differences in mice fed GE soy. ==== Joseph Mercola ==== * [[Joseph Mercola|Joseph Mercola]] is an alternative-medicine web entrepreneur. ==== Belin Mezzomo ==== * [[Belin Mezzomo|Belin Mezzomo]] was popularly portrayed as having shown that Bt toxin causes leukemia. ==== Mehmet Oz (Dr. Oz) ==== * [[Mehmet Oz|Mehmet Oz]] is a surgeon and TV doctor who is outspoken about GMOs as well as many alternative therapies. ==== Arpad Pusztai ==== * [[Arpad Pusztai|Arpad Pusztai]] was portrayed as having shown that GE potatoes have mysterious harmful effects not linked to the proteins they produce. ==== Stephanie Seneff ==== * [[Stephanie Seneff|Stephanie Seneff]] blames glyphosate for “most of the diseases and conditions associated with a Western diet.” ==== Gilles-Eric Seralini ==== * [[Gilles-Eric Seralini|Gilles-Eric Seralini]] (Séralini) has written many anti-GM papers. His most famous one involved photographing rats with huge tumors. ==== Jeffrey Smith (Institute for Responsible Technology) ==== * [[Jeffrey Smith|Jeffrey Smith]] is most famous for “Seeds of Deception” and “Genetic Roulette”. ==== Sándor Spisák ==== * [[Sándor Spisák|Sándor Spisák]] did not actually study transgenics, but has been used by anti-GMO activists because he is believed to have found that DNA from our food can wind up in our bloodstream. ==== Siriporn Thongprakaisang ==== * [[Siriporn Thongprakaisang|Siriporn Thongprakaisang]] researched a possible link between glyphosate and breast cancer. ===== Socioeconomic Claims ===== ==== Bill Freese ==== * [[Bill Freese|Bill Freese]] of the Center for Food Safety, wrote a paper on regulation of transgenics. ==== GMWatch ==== * [[GMWatch|GMWatch]] is an organization that publishes many anti-GM works and promotes conspiratorial origins for pro-GM organizations. ==== Michael Pollan ==== * [[Michael Pollan|Michael Pollan]] is a food writer famous for “The Omnivore's Dilemma”, “Botany of Desire”, “In Defense of Food”, “Food Rules”, and other works; advocates policy changes. ==== Vandana Shiva ==== *[[Vandana Shiva|Vandana Shiva]] an eco-feminist and public figure who is interested in “Terminator genes” and Indian farmer suicides. ===== Multiple Claims ===== ==== John Fagan & Michael Antoniou ==== * [[John Fagan & Michael Antoniou|John Fagan & Michael Antoniou]] (Earth Open Source) is best known for the book “GMO Myths and Truths”. ==== Mae-Wan Ho ==== * [[Mae-Wan Ho|Mae-Wan Ho]] (Institute of Science in Society, ISIS) is most famous for the “800+ scientists against GMOs” letter, but has written several other anti-GM pieces. ==== Organic Consumers Association ==== * [[Organic Consumers Association|Organic Consumers Association]] (Millions against Monsanto, Ronnie Cummins) is best known for their project Millions against Monsanto, but have many other campaigns. ==== Henry Rowlands ==== * [[Henry Rowlands|Henry Rowlands]] (Sustainable Pulse, GMO Evidence, GMO Seralini, GMO Carman, Global GMO Free Coalition, GM Watch) is primarily known for running anti-GM websites. ==== Thierry Vrain ==== * [[Thierry Vrain|Thierry Vrain]] is a retired plant and animal scientist, known for his TED talk about GMOs. ====== Prominent GMO Advocates ====== ===== Environmental Claims ===== ==== Jian Duan ==== * [[Jian Duan|Jian Duan]] is a USDA entomologist who performed a meta-analysis of transgenic Bt's effects on honeybees. ===== Health Claims ===== ==== Chelsea Snell ==== * [[Chelsea Snell|Chelsea Snell]] has a review focused only on GMO feeding trials that were multigenerational and/or long-term. ==== Alison van Eenennaam ==== * [[Alison van Eenennaam|Alison van Eenennaam]] reviewed scientific literature on the effect of GMOs on livestock health, dating from the introduction of GMOs. ===== Multiple Claims ===== ==== European Commission ==== * [[European Commission|European Commission]] reviewed only EU-funded research on GMOs. ==== National Research Council ==== * [[National Research Council|National Research Council]] provided comprehensive examinations of GMO use in the United States. ==== Alessandro Nicolia ==== * [[Alessandro Nicolia|Alessandro Nicolia]] reviewed all available literature on GMO environmental and health safety. ====== ToDo ====== ==== Center for Food Safety ==== * [[Center for Food Safety|Center for Food Safety]] * [[http://www.geneticliteracyproject.org/2013/11/12/center-for-food-safety-urges-food-and-drug-administration-to-exclude-gmos-from-definition-of-natural/|Center for Food Safety urges FDA to exclude GMOs from definition of ‘natural’]] * [[http://www.civilbeat.com/2014/04/21937-taking-root-a-rising-voice-in-hawaiis-gmo-politics/|Taking Root: A Rising Voice in Hawaii’s GMO Politics]]
