The world's esteemed scientific organizations have made bold statements regarding the scientific consensus on transgenic crops. The National Academies of Science, the American Medical Association, and dozens of others worldwide have all indicated that these products have an outstanding safety record and pose no more risk than conventional breeding. But what do they know? A paper was published last week in Environmental Sciences Europe , a Springer journal that has published some real gems, including the un-refereed republication of the 2012 lumpy rat torture study. It boldly proclaims in the title " No scientific consensus on GMO safety " . The authors represent a series of academics, activists, and NGO associates, all that hold public views against transgenic, synthetic or nano biology. To me, consensus is something that just happens. We don't usually measure it with tools, because we don't have to. It is a general agreement on the state of a scientif