{"id":12507,"date":"2016-01-04T21:20:38","date_gmt":"2016-01-04T11:20:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=12507"},"modified":"2016-01-04T21:20:38","modified_gmt":"2016-01-04T11:20:38","slug":"batting-for-gm-in-india-smears-misinformation-and-depoliticising-the-political","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=12507","title":{"rendered":"Batting for GM in India: Smears, Misinformation and Depoliticising the Political"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In an open letter to the Royal Society (RS), author of the well-researched and fully-referenced book \u2018Altered Genes, Twisted Truth\u2019 Steven Druker argued that the prestigious scientific institution has misrepresented the case for GMOs and has effectively engaged in a campaign of disinformation and the smearing of credible research that showed firm evidence pointing to health dangers of GM. He notes that the RS has been a partisan defender of GM foods and embraced a proactive policy on their behalf. Druker argues that several individuals holding prominent positions within the RS \u2013 and even the Society itself \u2013 have issued misleading statements in regard to GM foods that have created significant confusion and illegitimately downplayed their risks.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.counterpunch.org\/2015\/12\/18\/batting-for-gm-in-india-smears-misinformation-and-depoliticising-the-political\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.counterpunch.org\/2015\/12\/18\/batting-for-gm-in-india-smears-misinformation-and-depoliticising-the-political\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In an open letter to the Royal Society (RS), author of the well-researched and fully-referenced book \u2018Altered Genes, Twisted Truth\u2019 Steven Druker argued that the prestigious scientific institution has misrepresented the case for GMOs and has effectively engaged in a campaign of disinformation and the smearing of credible research that showed firm evidence pointing to &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=12507\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Batting for GM in India: Smears, Misinformation and Depoliticising the Political&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12507","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-interest","category-health-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12507","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12507"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12507\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12507"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12507"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}