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Analyzing the critics shaping the debate
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Mike Adams: Natural News, “everyone’s favorite über-quack #1 anti-science website”— “even the quacks think he’s a quack”
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Babes Against Biotech: Anti-GMO advocacy group known more for breasts than brains
Charles Benbrook: Agricultural economist and consultant for the organic industry and anti-biotechnology advocacy groups
Bioscience Resource Project: Anti-GMO activist group promotes conspiracy theories on ‘Independent Science News’ website
Mark Bittman: Former NY Times columnist campaigns against ‘industrial agriculture’
Russell Blaylock: Neurosurgeon turned Newsmax conspiracy theorist and pseudoscience peddler
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Center for Food Safety: Legal swat team of the anti-GMO and anti-pesticide movements
Citizens for Health: James Turner founded advocacy group lobbies for supplement industry, funds Jeffrey Smith
Tom Colicchio: NBC Celebrity chef leads campaign against GMOs, promotes organic foods
Consumer Reports: Exploiting consumer trust in misleading effort to fan GMO safety fears
Cornucopia Institute: Organic activists campaign against GMOs, ‘corporate’ farming
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Environmental Working Group: EWG challenges safety of GMOs, food pesticide residues
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Factor GMO Project: Is the ‘largest independent’ study on crop biotechnology in limbo?
John Fagan: ‘Raja of World Peace” of Maharishi movement behind-the-scenes guru of anti-GMO movement
Food and Water Watch: Nader spinoff NGO targets GMO salmon, pesticides
Food Democracy Now!: Sustainability NGO morphs into anti-GMO lobbyist
Friends of the Earth: Anti-nuclear group turned anti-technology activists
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GMO Inside: Green America powered coalition of organic, alternative health groups target biotech science
GMWatch: Anti-biotech ‘news hub’ goal is to ‘remove all GMO crops and food’
Jane Goodall: Famed chimp researcher embraces questionable science on GMOs, gene drives
Doug Gurian-Sherman: Crop biotechnology critic leads activist group’s anti-GMO lobbying efforts
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Michael Hansen: Architect of Consumers Union ongoing anti-GMO campaign
Vani Hari (Food Babe): Does ignorance about science of food qualify a social media celebrity as an expert on GMOs and chemicals?
Gary Hirshberg: Stonyfield Organic and Just Label It founder savages science, GMOs
Don Huber: Science still looking for Purdue professor’s GMO pathogen time bomb
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IARC (International Agency for Research on Cancer): Glyphosate cancer determination challenged by world consensus
Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy: Anti-GMO group supports ‘sustainable food’, distorts ecological benefits of crop biotechnology
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Alex Jones: Right-wing conspiracy theorist stokes fear of GMOs, pesticides to sell ‘health supplements’
Just Label It!: Pro-organic lobby group masquerading as charitable food information resource?
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Robert F. Kennedy, Jr: Environmental lawyer partners with Church of Scientology in anti-vaccine and anti-GMO activism
Andrew Kimbrell: Center for Food Safety lawyer targets GMOs, conventional farming
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March Against Monsanto: Once grassroots movement now big business, angry moms target GMOs, vaccines, chemicals
Margaret Mellon: Scientist, lawyer supports biotech for drug industry, not agriculture
Joseph Mercola and Mercola.com: Alternative ‘natural’ supplement and health merchant promotes quack cures and vaccine conspiracy theories, attacks mainstream medicine, funds organic, anti-GMO groups
Moms Across America: ‘Consumer’ group promotes health scares, targets GMOs and chemicals
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National Association for Genetic Safety (NAGS): NGO behind “independent” Factor GMO study
Non-GMO Project: Pro-organic group wants to ‘shrink’ market for conventional foods, kill biotechnology
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Organic Consumers Association: Activist group promotes ‘fear and deception’ about crop biotechnology, promotes vaccine conspiracy theories, calls for ‘American revolution’
Organic Trade Association: Lobby group under activist fire for supporting federal GMO labeling
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Pesticide Action Network: Anti-chemical group rejects most modern farm technology
Michael Pollan: Foodie journalist promotes organics, scorns mainstream farming
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Rodale Institute: Hub of organic movement also supports “quack” health, anti-GMO activism
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David Schubert, Salk Institute neurobiologist: ‘no credible evidence GMOs are safe’
Gilles-Éric Séralini: Activist professor and face of anti-GMO industry
Jeffrey Smith: Former flying yogic instructor now ‘most trusted source’ for anti-GMO advocacy
David Suzuki: Canada’s ‘science guy’ turned eccentric anti-GMO, chemical scaremonger?
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Nassim Taleb: Financial risk analyst turned anti-GMO propagandist
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Union of Concerned Scientists: Advocacy group promotes unscientific views on GMOs
US Right to Know (USRTK): Funded by organic industry and vaccine denialists, anti-biotechnology group attacks mainstream science researchers
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