How to deal with those nasty NITS
The rise of NITS is a growing problem today and regulators do not know how to control their viral spread across the European Union and the US. Their ravaging of the landscape is threatening areas where...
View ArticleSpring Risk School Series (1): The trust game (how to respond to false attacks)
"The Risk-Monger is a big fat liar!" But how he responds to that attack will determine if anyone will trust him. It is time to go back to school.
View ArticleSpring Risk School Series (2): Labelling and consumer trust
Trust no one and demand a label. This is core to today's transparency narrative. Why then do industries who are not trusted continue to think they can resist demands for labelling. The answer is simple...
View ArticleA letter to Kumi Naidoo on Greenpeace’s GMO position: Moral character will be...
A recent BBC Panorama report shows the evident lack of science in Greenpeace's position on GMOs. Former head of Greenpeace UK calls their position "morally unacceptable". Kumi Naidoo needs to show...
View ArticleSave the Bees! Ban these two toxic pesticides immediately
There is hypocrisy in the pesticide regulations when two natural but toxic pesticides used by the organic industry are clearly seen to kill bees and are still kept on the market. There is more evidence...
View ArticleDown on the farm, reality always trumps naïve idealism
The Risk-Monger spent the day on a large Belgian farm having the opportunity to see the challenges and opportunities farmers are presently facing. I was able to tour the fields and barns, hear how they...
View ArticleWould you buy a black banana? The Organic Lobby’s food-waste trick.
The organic industry has tried to justify lower yields by shifting the argument towards the amount of food we waste. The logic is that we could produce enough organically to feed the world if we just...
View ArticleThey killed the cats! Precaution, superstition and eco-zealots
The Great Plague of London showed the precautionary principle at its worst when they killed the cats. Today environmental zealots seem to find delight in "drowning kittens".
View ArticleAnti-GMO Neo-McCarthyism: It’s getting shilly out there!
The organic lobby's war on science and biotech follows a Neo-McCarthyist path of intimidation and propaganda. It is a dark day for research when individual liberties are sacrificed for a political...
View ArticleRisk-based or Hazard-based Regulation
What is the difference between the risk-based regulatory approach and a hazard-based one? Why is it that hazard-based activists are so successful in pushing such an unrealistic approach?
View ArticleThe Growing Risk of Contrapreneurs
An expedient policy process relying on precaution and hazard-based regulations has allowed contrapreneurs to cement their anti-innovation strategy at the heart of Brussels
View ArticleRisk Aversion and the Curse of Expediency
This is the third in a series that looked at how the hazard-based regulatory approach has led to the contrapreneur pushing the precautionary principle to challenge the achievements of entrepreneurs....
View ArticleEFSA’s Neonicotinoid Scandal, Part II: Illogical, Illegitimate, Illegal
EFSA has tried to use an illegitimate bee guidance document to reject the main bee science and push for a further ban on neonicotinoids.
View ArticleThe Top 20 Reasons not to Feed your Family Organic! Part 1
After reading a pro-organic campaigner come up with 10 rather weak reasons to feed your family organic, I challenged myself to do the same for why you should not, and within minutes, found myself with...
View ArticleThe Top 20 Reasons not to Feed your Family Organic! Part 2
This is the second part of yesterday's blog. After reading a pro-organic campaigner come up with 10 rather weak reasons to feed your family organic, I challenged myself to do the same for why you...
View ArticleMake Every Sunday a Car-Free Day
A Car-Free Day every Sunday is a no-brainer - it would improve urban life, reduce respiratory health, increase health and fitness levels and significantly cut CO2 emissions. So why don't we do it....
View ArticleActivist Creep also Matters. An Open Letter to EFSA Director Hubert Deluyker
EFSA needs to account for conflicts of interest of NGO activists involved on their corrupted draft Bee Guidance Document. At least they could give me the courtesy of answering my question.
View ArticleThe Pesticide Industry’s Moral Dilemma
The pesticide industry has to choose between moral integrity or defending its products from attacks by the NGO activists and organic food industry lobby and allowing conventional farmers to bring...
View ArticleMedia Hypocrisy: Marketing Emotions, Ignoring Facts on Cancer Findings
The media ignored IARC's cancer risks from red meat, but not their report on glyphosate. Why is there no outrage? Perhaps because news today is decided by marketing managers measuring what we want to...
View ArticleDave Goulson: Portrait of an Activist Scientist
As NGOs are funding more activist science, we need to consider whether this research is worthy to be included in policy debates, or if bias is built into the methodology. Dave Goulson is an activist...
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