Great Rivers White Paper
August 10, 2007
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The great river valleys have always been the key cradles of civilization, and the great river valleys may always be at the heart of human societies. The great river valleys had the world’s richest hunting grounds. They gave birth to the world’s first farms and then to the cities that produced the doctors […]
Bjorn Lomborg Responds to Scientific American Critics
February 14, 2007
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As I write these words Scientific American has as yet not given me a chance to put my side of the argument before their readers. The four critiques and accompanying editorial will be the only
statement that readers of SA will receive as the basis on which to judge the cogency of my arguments.
Rachel Carson Syndrome: Jumping to Pesticide Conclusions in the Global Frog Crisis
December 31, 2005
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A devastating and detailed review of four highly publicized case studies showing the deep anti-pesticide bias […]
Response to PimentelResponse to Pimentel response which was not published in Science
August 5, 2005
Dr. David Pimentel’s response to our letter in Science(2005, vol. 307:1410-1411) misconstrues some of our points and is simply wrong in other areas.
First, Pimentel incorrectly claims that we equated herbicide tolerant crops (HT) with no-till cultivation systems. We clearly stated that HT crops facilitate both low- and no-till cropping systems, not just no-till. Low-tillage cropping […]
Meeting The Needs Of A Hungrey World—What Role Does Biotechnology Play?
April 29, 2005
Alex Avery
The short and the sweet of it is that the world is in the midst of the largest increase in global food demand in human history. At least a doubling of food demand will unfold in the next 30-40 years, primarily as a result of economic growth in Asia, but also in Eastern Europe […]
Should Lincolnshire Be Farmed?
April 27, 2005
Dennis Avery
The short answer to the title question is: Yes, Britain’s farmland—including Lincolnshire—should be farmed.
Indeed, it must be farmed, to:
Help save the world’s remaining wildlands and wild species, especially those in the tropics, from being plowed for low-yield crops as world population attains its peak of 8-9 billion mostly-affluent people.
Minimize soil erosion, the most important […]
Hogs and Water Quality: Review Fails to Find Any Hog Impact
November 11, 2003
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This extensive review of state-collected water quality data from North Carolina, conducted […]
North Carolina Hog Farming & Water Quality: Time Series Analysis Fails to Reveal Significant Impacts
March 18, 2003
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The data discussed in this report indicate that nutrient levels in the Black and Northeast Cape Fear watersheds are elevated above levels expected prior to farming and livestock. However, these data also indicate that the impacts from intensive confinement hog farms (and the rapid expansion of the hog population during the 1980s and 1990s) […]
Wages of Fear: The Costs to Society of Attacks on the Products of Human Ingenuity
July 2, 2002
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Page 12 of this Lexington Institute publication features “Bogus Health […]
“Natural” and Organic Foods 8 Times More Likely to Have Safety and Recall Problems
June 6, 2002
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Organic and “all natural” products are revealed to be 8 times more likely to be recalled for safety related problems than conventional products, according to U.S. Food and Drug Administration and Health Canada records.
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