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Asymmetric evaluations of scientific evidence indicating harm compared to evidence indicating an absence of harm in regulatory appraisals

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By Patrick van Zwanenberg, Erik Millstone & Alice Livingston Ortolani Published in Environmental Sciences Europe volume 37, Article number: 138 (2025)Download: https://enveurope.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s12302-025-01176-9 Abstract: This paper asks whether, when assessing the safety of regulated products, the standards of scrutiny and evaluation deployed by regulatory officials and scientific advisors differ for evidence indicating that a product might … Read more

INVITATION to conference: Context, Causality and Consequences: from robust evidence to timely action in biology, ecology, law and public policy

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“Context, Causality and Consequences: from robust evidence to timely action in biology, ecology, law and public policy”   A public conference Friday 26 and Saturday 27 November 2021 Registration online: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_X9hhCNv9QLCFACw8-QiGGA Registration onsite: Please contact us at office@ensser.org to see if onsite participation is still available   Organized by European Network of Scientists for Social … Read more

Insufficient risk assessment of herbicide-tolerant genetically engineered soybeans intended for import into the EU

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By: Juliana Miyazaki, Andreas Bauer-Panskus, Thomas Bøhn, Wolfram Reichenbecher & Christoph Then Published: Environmental Sciences Europe volume 31, Article number: 92 (2019) DOI https://doi.org/10.1186/s12302-019-0274-1   Abstract The introduction of herbicide-tolerant (HT) genetically engineered (GE) soybeans has raised new challenges for the European risk assessment of imported food and feed. Food and feed products derived from … Read more