Wednesday, 19 July 2017 09:22

Junket science?

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Imagine your canine crusader’s surprise to find that a so-called expert and arch-critic of agriculture brought into NZ by organics activist Brendon Hoare is considered a bad joke by genuine scientists.

‘Professor’ Don Huber makes a living doing publicity tours sponsored by organic, alternative health and anti-GMO groups. He claims glyphosate and GMO herbicide tolerant crops are killing humans and animals by the thousand.

The trouble is, there is no peer-reviewed science or a shred of evidence to support his fantasies. Huber is also accused of taking data out of context, using discredited and junk science – anything to bolster his shaky theories.

Which is probably why Hoare hosted the ‘professor’ recently in that hotbed of credulous lovies and foodies, Grey Lynn, Auckland.

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