Given the growing concern about climate change, modern genetic technology is now being applied to address some of its causes, including the gaseous nature of cows (and other domesticated ruminants, such as sheep). Indeed, food production as a whole generates perhaps 25 percent of all greenhouse gas emissions, with the methane-emitting meat and dairy industries adding perhaps a third or more to agriculture’s total figure. The first two are pretty straightforward: Cows emit methane in their burps (both front and rear), and this greenhouse gas is one of the most damaging contributors to the global warming alarm that’s currently gripping the headlines. What links belching cows and climate change with the modern genetic revolution and a ridiculously long nerve? Is the Genetic Literacy Project a corporate ‘front’? GLP responds to ongoing false allegations from US Right to Know / Organic Consumers Association / SourceWatch / Baum Hedlund / Church of Scientology.GLP Integrity Policies: Privacy, Conflicts of Interest, Verification, Fact-Checking Standards and Corrections.

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