Alison Campbell • Sep 30, 2016 •
A couple of days ago I did a spot of live radio with the good folks at 95bFM. It was great fun. One of the topics was dog evolution, which I’ve already written about here; another was the recent publications on human dispersal, covered nicely over on sciblogs.co.nz. The third was a brief discussion of claims made … Read More
Grant Jacobs • Jan 21, 2016 •
On January 19th, the NZ Green Party pesticide policy for streets and city parks was announced. They’re touting it as evidence-based policy, pointing at a report commissioned by Steffan Browning. https://www.facebook.com/nzgreenparty/posts/10153220336891372 It’s not. The report is basically a bought opinion piece, that Steffan Browning knows ahead of time will agree with his views … Read More
Grant Jacobs • Feb 22, 2015 •
Gilles-Éric Séralini is best known for a research paper testing rats on GM feed and Roundup that was widely panned by the scientific community and eventually retracted.[1] He has also tried to argue that it is other factors in Roundup (adjuvants) that causes toxicity, not the active ingredient glyphosate and that this calls for regulatory changes. Read More