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Thierry C. Vrain is a PhD soil biologist who formerly worked as a agriculture researcher for the Canadian government. He now runs an organic farm, education and holistic health center in British Columbia, Canada with his wife, who is a medicinal herbalist.
Over the past two decades, he has emerged as a vocal opponent of GMOs, traveling around the world claiming genetically engineered crops and glyphosate pose unacceptable human health and environmental risks[1] .Vrain has not published a scientific paper in 18 years.
In his most recent brush with controversy, the Houston Museum of Natural Science invited him to give a talk on March 29, 2016, titled “The Poison in Our Food Supply,” on the effects on human health of the herbicide glyphosate and GMOs.
Vrain’s believes that Monsanto, which produces glyphosate and transgenic crops that tolerate the herbicide, has conspired to cover up evidence that these products are dangerous to humans. In response to outrage by the science community, including from scientists associated with the museum, the Houston Museum of Natural Science has canceled the lecture. The Museum noted that it had asked Vrain for scientific evidence to support his claims. When he was unable to provide that information, the museum staff canceled the event. It was initially moved to a local church but that was also canceled. Rice University has now agreed to host the lecture......
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