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Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Wigley, Tom M.L. (author / University of Adelaide, South Australia)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2020
Published:: International
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 163 Document Number: D11643
Journal Title:: Skeptical Inquirer
Journal Title Details:: 44(2)
Notes:: 8 pages., Online issue., "Critics of climate science claim that climate models lack predictive skill. In fact, some of the earliest predictions made thirty years ago have performed remarkably well." ... "the bad news is that in terms of action, we are still only scratching the surface of responses needed...to prevent 'dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system.' The real challenges lie ahead."

Collection:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:: Novella, Steven (author / Yale University School of Medicine)
Format:: Journal article
Publication Date:: 2014
Published:: International
Location:: Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 163 Document Number: D11644
Journal Title:: Skeptical Inquirer
Journal Title Details:: 38(4)
Notes:: 5 pages., Author concludes that "genetic information is easy to portray as a new and scary technology, but fearmongering is largely based on misinformation, a misunderstanding of evolution and our place in the natural world, and vague fears of contamination. In reality, GMO safety testing is extensive and has not uncovered any safety concerns for current GMOs. There are other issues with GMOs that are worth discussing, but fears of adverse health effects are not legitimate." Cites a review of research ty the European Commission in 2010: "The main conclusion to be drawn from the efforts of more than 130 research projects, covering a period of more than 25 years of research and involving more than 500 independent research groups, is that biotechnology, and in particular GMOs, are not per se more risky than e.g. conventional plant breeding technologies."

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