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Thank you for your article about the self-sterilizing "terminator" seed and the bioengineering of the foods we eat [TRADE WARS, Nov. 29]. The concept science has created is both fascinating and scary. Fascinating because new varieties of plants could help decrease the need for pesticides and herbicides. They could...
Your article on the reaction to genetically modified crops read just like an antibiotech pamphlet. Your reporting of a Food and Drug Administration public hearing on biotechnology quoted no government scientists or university experts who discussed the safety of the technology. What's most appalling, though, is that you ended...
You referred to "a lone British researcher who claimed--somewhat dubiously--that g.m. [genetically modified] potatoes damaged his lab rats." Given the lack of research into the effects of g.m. foods, doesn't it seem odd that the British government would not try to determine whether the g.m. potatoes did...
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Your word Frankenfood is a catchy way to describe genetically modified crops. It gets attention but trivializes the potential of a new tool for decreasing the environmental impact of agrochemicals and improving the nutritional value of food. Insect- and herbicide-resistant crops substantially decrease the amount of agrochemicals applied in...