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May 31, 2011: FDA Rescinds Approval of Breast Cancer Drug

May 31, 2011: FDA Rescinds Approval of Breast Cancer Drug

Senior Fellow Greg Conko breaks down the fight over Avastin, a drug used to treat several types of cancer. The FDA is poised to rescind Avastin’s approval for treating breast cancer. It will retain its approval for other cancers. This will…

 
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March 17, 2011: Are Biotech Crops Coming to Kenya?

March 17, 2011: Are Biotech Crops Coming to Kenya?

CEI Senior Fellow Greg Conko discusses his recent trip to Kenya where he met with members of Parliament and other officials about the best way to regulate the introduction of genetically modified crops to the country.

 
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November 30, 2010: Food Safety, Washington-Style

November 30, 2010: Food Safety, Washington-Style

CEI Senior Fellow Greg Conko looks at the major provisions of the food safety bill that the Senate is voting on today. The bill would set in stone ever-evolving best practices. Changes to plant inspection and food recall policies are a…

 
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September 23, 2010: The Frankenfish Myth

September 23, 2010: The Frankenfish Myth

CEI Senior Fellow Greg Conko, author of The Frankenfood Myth, talks about the promise and imagined peril of genetically modified salmon. The controversial creature reaches normal size twice as fast as unmodified salmon.

 
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August 23, 2010: The Salmonella Egg Scare

August 23, 2010: The Salmonella Egg Scare

CEI Senior Fellow Greg Conko talks about the salmonella scare that has led to the recall of 550 million eggs 22 states. He believes that the hype is overblown, and that regulators should take an incentives-based approach to food safety issues.…

 
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Episode 85: Health Care in Our Time

Episode 85: Health Care in Our Time

Richard Morrison, Jeremy Lott, Greg Conko and Michelle Minton bring you episode 85. We put the big health care vote front and center, while also touching on protests over immigration and legal challenges to the EPA’s greenhouse gas rules. We wrap up with a…

 
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Episode 69: Feed the World with Property Rights

Episode 69: Feed the World with Property Rights

Richard Morrison throws in with Jeremy Lott and William Yeatman to bring you episode 69. We start by pigging out on swine flu statistics, putting off action on global warming and wagging our finger at a corrupt judge. We proceed with the fight between Intel…

 
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