> I was scared of GM crops when they first started getting news attention, but I've flipped now.
I think putting this into binary options, of pro-GM, anti-GM, is not ideal.
It's like saying "I am pro-chemistry," or "I am anti-chemistry."
Just as with chemistry, various GM products can have largely positive or largely negative outcomes.
The question which needs to be asked on each and every GMO product introduction is along the lines of: is this new product like creating fertilizer from natural gas, or like adding lead to gasoline?
I think putting this into binary options, of pro-GM, anti-GM, is not ideal.
It's like saying "I am pro-chemistry," or "I am anti-chemistry."
Just as with chemistry, various GM products can have largely positive or largely negative outcomes.
The question which needs to be asked on each and every GMO product introduction is along the lines of: is this new product like creating fertilizer from natural gas, or like adding lead to gasoline?