This week’s episode is co-hosted with Fabio Fernandes. We talk about the competitiveness and innovation report by former Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi, as well as the release of the iPhone 16 and some of the missing features that Europeans won’t be able to enjoy. September 12, 2024 Follow ConsEUmer wherever you get your podcasts: […]
Légaliser le génie génétique est une bonne nouvelle pour tout le monde. L’Union européenne prépare la légalisation du génie génétique pour l’utilisation dans l’agriculture. Dans un rapport datant de 2021, la Commission européenne a conclu que la législation actuelle sur les OGM n’était pas adaptée à l’édition de gènes et qu’elle freinait le développement de […]
This is the second part of a news article by Daily News Hungary. The entire piece can be read here. Hungary’s opposition to new genomic techniques does farmers and consumers a disservice By Bill Wirtz The European Commission recently announced new legislation that will structurally grant authorisation for cultivating gene-edited plants in the EU. Until […]
The European Commission, which is the executive arm of the European Union, recently announced that it intends to loosen rules for gene-edited plants. Seeds derived through gene-editing technologies such as CRISPR Cas-9 have been unavailable for commercialization in Europe since their development, based on legislation dating back to 2001. In a way, Brussels is correcting […]
In this week’s episode of ConsEUmer: 🛫 KLM struggles with limiting the number of flights 🥤 Is aspartame really dangerous to you? 💻 The happenings in AI regulation (w/ Luke Hogg) Follow Luke Hogg on Twitter @LEHogg. Check out Consumer Choice Radio: https://consumerchoiceradio.com/ July 13, 2023 Follow ConsEUmer wherever you get your podcasts: Apple: https://apple.co/2HR4TLTSpotify: https://spoti.fi/3l3GZdxGoogle podcasts: https://bit.ly/3fyyzto
In this week’s episode of ConsEUmer: 💸 The EU considers its options in response to the Inflation Reduction Act ⚕️ Proposed Commission changes on patents are a bad idea (w/ Fred Roeder) 🧪 What makes us afraid of chemicals? (w/ Dr. Angela Bearth) You can follow Dr. Angela Bearth on Twitter @a_bearth, or on her […]
This week’s ConsEUmer podcast is co-hosted with Fabio Fernandes. This week: 🦠 Monkeypox is making the rounds 🔒 China continues its zero-COVID policy 📱 Wireless charging: we weigh the benefits and downsides Check out these websites if you want support Ukraine financially: https://www.blue-yellow.lt/en/ https://how-to-help-ukraine-now.super.site/?fbclid=IwAR2HawZT-H0iLD08QdXDMBG2qFKA3dpHsjDXt7bppN092YP2TVnQuDJ4j8A You can follow Fabio Fernandes on Twitter @DeFariaeSilva. Check out his […]
Different episode of ConsEUmer this week: together with Yaël Ossowski and David Clement of Consumer Choice Radio, we recorded a special joint episode on COP26, which is still ongoing. The episode already aired on CCR, but is now also available on the ConsEUmer podcast. Make sure to follow Consumer Choice Radio, a weekly radio hour […]
I was interviewed by Scully for Season 6 the Free Market Series on PBS. Click down below to watch the full video.
Im Jahr 2012 haben Prof. Dr. Thorsten Stafforst und sein Team an der Universität Tübingen entdeckt, dass man durch die Verknüpfung von Enzymen mit manipulierten RNA-Strängen Gene verändern kann. Neben Ribonukleinsäure (RNA) kommen mittlerweile auch andere Methoden im Bereich Gen-Editing zur Anwendungen, am bekanntesten ist wahrscheinlich die Genschere CRISPR (Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats). […]
Bill Wirtz 