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1st Announcement: The Integrity of Science

Second announcement available here The Integrity of Science A conference about the conflict between public policy and independent science, in honour of Dr. Árpád Pusztai (1930 – 2021) Edinburgh (UK), 26 – 27 May 2023 open to both on site and online participation …

Report: Genetically Engineered Gene Drives: IUCN report on Synthetic Biology lacks balance

A critique of the IUCN report ‘Genetic Frontiers for Conservation: An assessment of synthetic biology and biodiversity conservation’ – with regards to its assessment of gene drives May 2021 Authors: Mark Wells, PhD & Ricarda Steinbrecher, PhD Editor: Holly Dressel Published by: Critical Scientists …

Press Release: A distortion of science and a danger to public and environmental safety

Press Release A distortion of science and a danger to public and environmental safety 26 April 2021 The EASAC-endorsed Leopoldina Statement, demanding that the EU stops regulating ‘genome-edited’ plants, represents the narrow interests of ‘genome editors’ but it does not demonstrate the scientific …

Zoom Corona Round Table: SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19: science in the spotlight

SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19: science in the spotlight An online public Round Table Tuesday 6 Oct. 2020, 13:30 – 17:30 CEST The current pandemic and the socioeconomic measures to control it have created a lot of controversy. Governments claim that their control measures are …

Getting EU risk assessment for protecting environment and health to achieve its legal objectives. Escaping reductionist fallacies

A series of three webinars organised by the European Network of Scientists for Social and Environmental Responsibility (ENSSER) Thursdays 17 and 24 September and 1 October 2020 16:00 – 17:30 Central European Summer Time European regulatory systems are often portrayed as some of …

Science, Precaution, Innovation: towards the integrated governance of new technologies

The presentations of the conference may be found here Conference Invitation: Summary The Precautionary Principle (PP), now 45 years old (German Clean Air Act, 1974), concerns situations where the available scientific information about possible harm from human-made innovations gives decision-makers reasonable grounds to …