/oss/taxonomy/term/3028/all en /oss/article/covid-19-pseudoscience-environment/dr-stephanie-seneff-strikes-out-again-glyphosate-and-covid-19 <p>An MIT computer scientist with no expertise in agriculture, chemistry, toxicology, or the biological sciences. And yet for some reason, <a href="https://www.csail.mit.edu/person/stephanie-seneff">Stephanie Seneff</a> has decided that genetically modified foods are the tools of the devil and that glyphosate (Roundup), the herbicide used to kill weeds in fields of crops that have been genetically modified to resist it, is responsible for many of society’s ailments.</p> Fri, 01 May 2020 16:56:23 +0000 Joe Schwarcz PhD 8232 at /oss /oss/article/technology/right-chemistry-evolution-plant-hormones <p><div class="media-youtube-video media-element file-default media-youtube-1"> <iframe class="media-youtube-player" id="media-youtube-zicpww4zeci" width="640" height="390" title="Dr. Joe Schwarcz on the evolution of plant hormones" src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/ziCPWW4zecI?wmode=opaque&controls=&enablejsapi=1&modestbranding=1&playerapiid=media-youtube-zicpww4zeci&origin=https%3A//www.mcgill.ca&rel=0" name="Dr. Joe Schwarcz on the evolution of plant hormones" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen>Video of Dr. Joe Schwarcz on the evolution of plant hormones</iframe> </div> </p> Mon, 01 Apr 2019 18:06:38 +0000 Joe Schwarcz PhD 7681 at /oss /oss/article/environment/glyphosate-trial <p>First of all, let’s point out that this trial dealt with occupational exposure to glyphosate and had nothing to do with trace amounts of the chemical in our food supply. Nevertheless, the Environmental Working Group (EWG) in Washington, an advocacy organization that is a long-standing critic of the use of glyphosate, took the opportunity to ride on the coat tails of the publicity garnered by the California lawsuit to publish a report about traces of glyphosate in oat products and suggested that these were a threat to health.</p> Thu, 16 Aug 2018 17:38:12 +0000 Joe Schwarcz PhD 7310 at /oss /oss/article/you-asked/should-we-worry-about-glyphosate-residues-wine <p><span>Scarcely a day goes by without some scary story about glyphosate, the world’s most widely used herbicide. It is best known as the active ingredient in Monsanto’s “Roundup” which is used to kill weeds in fields planted with seeds that have been genetically engineered to produce crops that are resistant to glyphosate. Fields can be sprayed to kill weeds without harming crops. But glyphosate has many other applications as well. It is used to kill weeds in orchards, clear railroad tracks and eliminate weeds in urban settings.</span></p> Thu, 08 Mar 2018 18:02:33 +0000 Joe Schwarcz PhD 6958 at /oss