GLP Weekly: Microbiome research to fix blood shortages, food allergies, skin health; Skip organic scams, eat sucrose from GMO sugar beets; and more!

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Sustainable and nutritious unrefined whole cane sugar? Skip the latest organic scam and eat sucrose from GMO sugar beets Kevin Folta How microbiome research promises to solve blood shortages, halt food allergies and give us better skin Ricki Lewis Environmental media, advocacy groups in uproar after EPA grants long-term approval for alleged ‘bee-killing’ pesticide sulfoxaflor. Here’s what the science says Cameron English Common treatment for prostate cancer may increase risk of Alzheimer’s, dementia Chuck Dinerstein (Practically) no one is anti-science, and how that can help us talk about GMOs Marc Brazeau How market forces, self-regulation and GMO crops are making fish farming more sustainable Dave Little, Richard Newton Podcast: Nobel prize winner Sir Paul Nurse on his ‘barking mad’ discovery of the genes responsible for cell division Kat Arney, Paul Nurse Viewpoint: ‘Natural’ additives make organic food more nutritious? Dissecting Environmental Working Group’s ‘silly scare tactics’ Josh Bloom Pot smokers with this genetic variant could face addiction risks similar to those who smoke cigarettes Ricki Lewis IVF raises breast and ovarian cancer risks for women over 40 as much as 65%? That’s what headlines scream, but here’s how statistics lie and scare people Tim Barker