#16 Jon Entine: Genetic Literacy Project, Bioengineering, GMOs, Chemophobia

------------------Support the channel------------ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thedissenter PayPal: paypal.me/thedissenter ------------------Follow me on--------------------- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thedissenteryt/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDissenterYT Jon Entine is an American author and journalist, and the Executive Director of the Genetic Literacy Project. He’s also a senior research fellow at the Institute for Food and Agricultural Literacy at the University of California, Davis. He’s the author of seven books, including Let Them Eat Precaution: How Politics is Undermining the Genetic Revolution in Agriculture (2005); Crop Chemophobia: Will Precaution Kill the Green Revolution? (2006); and Scared to Death: How Chemophobia Threatens Public Health. Before becoming a print journalist, Jon was a producer and executive for 20 years at NBC News and ABC News, winning 20 journalism honors, including a National Press Club Consumer Journalism Award and Emmys for specials on the reform movements in China and the former Soviet Union. He was head of documentaries and Tom Brokaw’s long-time producer at NBC News.  Here, we talk about the Genetic Literacy Project; genes and genetic manipulation; GMOs; what advantages GMOs have over organic and conventional farming; chemophobia; and scientific literacy. -- Jon Entine é um escritor e jornalista americano, e o Diretor Executivo do Genetic Literacy Project. É também um investigador associado do Institute for Food and Agricultural Literacy da Universidade da Califórnia. É o autor de sete livros, incluindo Let Them Eat Precaution: How Politics is Undermining the Genetic Revolution in Agriculture (2005); Crop Chemophobia: Will Precaution Kill the Green Revolution? (2006); e Scared to Death: How Chemophobia Threatens Public Health. Antes de se ter tornado um jornalista de imprensa, foi produtor e executivo durante 20 anos na NBC News e na ABC News, recebendo 20 prémios de jornalismo, incluindo o National Press Club Consumer Journalism Award e Emmys por especiais acerca dos movimentos de reforma na China e na ex-União Soviética. Dirigiu documentários e foi o produtor de longo termo de Tom Brokaw na NBC News. Aqui, falamos sobre o Genetic Literacy Project; genes e manipulação genética; as vantagens dos OGMs sobre a agricultura biológica e convencional; quimiofobia; e literacia científica. Genetic Literacy Project website: https://geneticliteracyproject.org/ Genetic Literacy Project Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GeneticLiteracyProject/ Genetic Literacy Project Twitter handle: @GeneticLiteracy Jon Entine’s Twitter handle: @JonEntine -- A HUGE THANK YOU TO MY PATRONS: KARIN LIETZCKE, ANN BLANCHETTE, JUNOS, SCIMED, PER HELGE HAAKSTD LARSEN, LAU GUERREIRO, RUI BELEZA, MIGUEL ESTRADA, ANTÓNIO CUNHA, CHANTEL GELINAS, JIM FRANK, JERRY MULLER, FRANCIS FORD, AND HANS FREDRIK SUNDE! I also leave you with the link to a recent montage video I did with the interviews I have released until the end of June 2018: https://youtu.be/efdb18WdZUo And check out my playlists on: PSYCHOLOGY: https://tinyurl.com/ybalf8km PHILOSOPHY: https://tinyurl.com/yb6a7d3p ANTHROPOLOGY: https://tinyurl.com/y8b42r7g