Czech scientists demand rational regulation The Czech Republic became a Member State of the European Union in 2004, and as a consequence, must "harmonize" its laws and policies with those of the EU. That means, of course, crushing agricultural biotechnology out of existence and hounding researchers mercilessly. A new publication by the Biology Center of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic proves that Czech scientists aren't feeling very harmonious with the neo-Medieval regime. More†

EFSA's conflict of interest Dr. Joachim Schiemann has been forced out of his position on the GMO Panel of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), amid allegations of a "conflict of interest". He's been a long-standing target of European Greens and their activist cohorts, due to his broad engagement with those involved in researching and regulating GM crops. The last straw: his appointment as head of  the Institute for Biosafety of Genetically Modified Plants at the Julius Kühn Institute in Quedlinburg -- where activists recently destroyed 270 GM apple trees, and with them, a decade of research. The EFSA obviously has a conflict of interest--seeking scientific credibility, while rejecting  scientific expertise to appease the unappeasable opponents of biotech. More†