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| 1) | 11/3/08 | Purple tomatoes? Hurry up already! The world of plant biotechnology is buzzing with news that scientists are making progress on a purple genetically modified (GM) tomato containing high levels of cancer-fighting and heart disease-reducing antioxidants. In which case, says anti-GM activist |
| 2) | 8/21/06 | Puffed Rice While the Center for Science in the Public Interest complained to The Washington Post about the lack of government oversight of crop science, the group conceded that "there is no safety risk." ls target=_blank>trade embargo on U.S. long-grain rice -- which the Japanese Health Ministry said |
| 3) | 4/8/05 | Animal Antibiotics Attack: Precautionary Principle Poppycock Yesterday a group of activists, environmentalists and public health organizations (including the scaremongers at the Union of Concerned Scientists) petitioned the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to withdraw approval of seven classes of antibiotics used in animal agriculture. " Consider a |
| 4) | 2/23/04 | Bye-Bye, Bill Moyers Before introducing EWG president Ken Cook in April -- to discuss a project Moyers himself participated in -- Moyers intoned: "our bodies are laboratories ... |
| 5) | 2/19/04 | Green Activists Fret About 'Politicized' Science The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) -- which famously declared in 1998 that the threat of nuclear weapons in North Korea was exaggerated and, in 1980, that "the world has entered a period of chronic energy shortages" -- is now decrying the Bush ... |
| 6) | 9/16/03 | The Environmental Benefits Of Gene-Splicing Tell that to Greenpeace, which on Friday tried to prevent 40,000 tons of genetically improved corn from reaching Mexico. Other environmental benefits of biotech crops include reducing tillage and pesticides, and |
| 7) | 8/1/03 | Antibiotic 'Estimates' Lead Lawmakers Astray Keep Antibiotics Working (KAW), a slick PR coalition of anti-food-choice activist groups, was especially pleased with the news because their pet statistic became |
| 8) | 5/27/03 | Union of Callous Scaremongers The oh-so-clever rabble held up massive "pill burgers" (hamburgers with a big pill inside) and were joined by the Union of Concerned Scientists' (UCS) Michael Khoo, who recently penned an article entitled "Want drugs with those fries?" CSPI has no love for meat... |
| 9) | 4/30/03 | Activists 'Resist' Real Science on Antibiotic Resistance As anti-consumer groups like the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS), the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI), and the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) carp about the health-promoting antibiotics that most farmers give to ... |
| 10) | 4/28/03 | The Rights Of Scaremongers The pretentiously named tompaine.com recently published an article titled "Want drugs with those fries?" Both UCS and tompaine.com receive substantial support from the |
| 11) | 1/29/03 | Union of Confused Scaremongers They’ve also been called the Union of Perturbed Scientists and the Union of Concerned Lawyers. The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) is surely “concerning” to anyone who believes public policy should be crafted with the benefit of unbiased research and reliable information -- rather than wild guesses and politically correct panic. Visit ActivistCash.com to learn more about this radical green group that ... |
| 12) | 10/3/02 | Is there an antibiotic for scare-mongering? The food-safety questions surrounding the preventative use of antibiotics in farm animals have been swirling around activist circles ever since the first chicken got an eyedropper of tetracycline. True to form, activist groups including the Center for Science in the Public Interest, ... |
| 13) | 10/31/01 | Food For Fright Calling meat "scary food" and comparing it to "the terrorist threat," Lemhkuhl conjures up the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) and Howard Lyman to back his claims. UCS is a pro-organic group that wants to cut U.S. meat consumption in half -- USA Today called it "among the greenest of U.S. environmental groups." And Lyman, a ... |
| 14) | 8/17/01 | For some nannies, the glass is always half-empty So regional scientists are experimenting with a genetic improvement that may allow some species of Florida grapes to thrive as much as oranges or grapefruit. While Florida wine enthusiasts told CNN how thrilled they are with the scientific approach to their passion, Jane Rissler of the Union of Concerned Scientists couldn’t let this moment of pleasure go by without predicting doom and gloom. ”<... |
| 15) | 6/5/01 | Alternative Media 'Plays Chicken' With The Facts Nannies from United Poultry Concerns, The Center for Science in the Public Interest, and the Union of Concerned Scientists all make appearances to argue in print against the use of antibiotics for controlling farm animal infections. This despite a more level-headed pronouncement (buried deep inside the article) from Michael Darre, the University of Connecticut's faculty poultry expert. br>The Advocate gained much local publicity last month from its |
| 16) | 4/17/01 | Center For A Meatless Future Pinning all sorts of public health concerns on "the American diet" (and meat in particular), he insists that "our vast agricultural system" is vulnerable to the sorts of epidemics we've seen in Europe. Lawrence's credentials include the directorship of the Center for a Livable Future (CLF) at Johns Hopkins University. The CLF page on "What you can do to help" instructs web surfers that changing their diet will help save the environment. |
| 17) | 1/23/01 | Rent-A-Nanny "If there were credible evidence that the use of antibiotics in poultry was a hazard to humans, we would be the first to pull it," says Charles Beard, vice president of the U.S. Poultry and Egg Association. Nonetheless, anti-agribusiness nannies are continuing to attack the meat and poultry industry for using antibiotics on their animals. Why are the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) and the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) involved in this issue? |
| 18) | 1/15/01 | Anti-Agribusiness Study Questioned The Union of Concerned Scientists' (UCS) latest report on the use of antibiotics on farm animals is rightly criticized by junkscience.com's Steven Milloy. Milloy says UCS anti-agribusiness report "has put fear way ahead of the facts." Anti-Agribusiness Study Questioned |
| 19) | 1/8/01 | Hogwash Food First's Peter Rosset kicks off a week of nanny attacks on the hog industry, which will culminate with Thursday's "Sustainable Hog Farming Summit," featuring the Natural Resources Defense Council's Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and a host of ... |
| 20) | 6/16/00 | Beefing About Non-Organic Meat The Santa Fe New Mexican gives organic livestock producers a shot of free advertising when reporter Lynn Cline unfairly disparages conventional food and genetically engineered innovations. Not only do standard production technologies get a bad rap, but CSPI, Greenpeace, Union of Concerned Scientists and other nannies suffer no rebuttals to their fear-mongering efforts to restrict our food choices. ("What's In Your Beef?" |
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