Frankenfoods Are Here To Stay

FEATURED STORY: Frankenfoods Are Here to Stay

As more genetically-modified products become available on the market, more and more natural foodists protest that genetically-modified foods are "tampering" with nature. CEI Senior Fellow Greg Conko appeared on Fox Business' Stossel this week to defend the merits of so-called "Frankenfood." Watch the interview here.

SHAPING THE DEBATE

It's Time to End the Ethanol Boondoggle

Fred Smith and Brian McGraw's op-ed in The Richmond Times-Dispatch

Never Ready for Prime Time

Chris Horner and William Yeatman's op-ed in The McClatchy-Tribune News Service

The Ecological Monster Who Said . . . Peep

Ben Lieberman's op-ed in The Washington Times

What's Good for GM is Now Terrible for America

John Berlau's op-ed in The American Spectator

GM Selling at a Loss Should Tell You Something

Iain Murray's op-ed in The Daily Caller

FDA Criticized for Banning Alcholic Energy Drinks

Greg Conko's citation on MSNBC.org 

CEI PODCAST

November 23, 2010: The Crusade Against Alcoholic Energy Drinks

Baylen Linnekin, author of the recent CEI On Point “Extreme Refreshment Crackdown: The FDA’s Misguided Campaign Against Alcohol Energy Drinks” and contributor to the food regulation blog Crispy on the Outside, looks at the recent push to ban alcoholic drinks that contain caffeine. Baylen believes that regulators are over-reacting. Alcohol energy drinks typically contain no more caffeine than a cup of coffee, and their appeal to underage drinkers is overstated.

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