The Dissenter

#16 Jon Entine: Genetic Literacy Project, Bioengineering, GMOs, Chemophobia


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Jon Entine is an American author and journalist, and the Executive Director of the Genetic Literacy Project. He’s also a senior research fellow at the Institute for Food and Agricultural Literacy at the University of California, Davis. He’s the author of seven books, including Let Them Eat Precaution: How Politics is Undermining the Genetic Revolution in Agriculture (2005); Crop Chemophobia: Will Precaution Kill the Green Revolution? (2006); and Scared to Death: How Chemophobia Threatens Public Health. Before becoming a print journalist, Jon was a producer and executive for 20 years at NBC News and ABC News, winning 20 journalism honors, including a National Press Club Consumer Journalism Award and Emmys for specials on the reform movements in China and the former Soviet Union. He was head of documentaries and Tom Brokaw’s long-time producer at NBC News. 

Here, we talk about the Genetic Literacy Project; genes and genetic manipulation; GMOs; what advantages GMOs have over organic and conventional farming; chemophobia; and scientific literacy.

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Jon Entine é um escritor e jornalista americano, e o Diretor Executivo do Genetic Literacy Project. É também um investigador associado do Institute for Food and Agricultural Literacy da Universidade da Califórnia. É o autor de sete livros, incluindo Let Them Eat Precaution: How Politics is Undermining the Genetic Revolution in Agriculture (2005); Crop Chemophobia: Will Precaution Kill the Green Revolution? (2006); e Scared to Death: How Chemophobia Threatens Public Health. Antes de se ter tornado um jornalista de imprensa, foi produtor e executivo durante 20 anos na NBC News e na ABC News, recebendo 20 prémios de jornalismo, incluindo o National Press Club Consumer Journalism Award e Emmys por especiais acerca dos movimentos de reforma na China e na ex-União Soviética. Dirigiu documentários e foi o produtor de longo termo de Tom Brokaw na NBC News.

Aqui, falamos sobre o Genetic Literacy Project; genes e manipulação genética; as vantagens dos OGMs sobre a agricultura biológica e convencional; quimiofobia; e literacia científica.

Genetic Literacy Project website: https://geneticliteracyproject.org/

Genetic Literacy Project Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GeneticLiteracyProject/

Genetic Literacy Project Twitter handle: @GeneticLiteracy

Jon Entine’s Twitter handle: @JonEntine

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