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Article: Purpose and Necessity in Science Policy and Public Opinion.(cows and ethics)
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- Choices: The Magazine of Food, Farm and Resource Issues
- Article date:
- March 22, 2001
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What's the purpose of innovations such as BST and biotech crops? Are they necessary? Uncertainty regarding purpose and necessity drives food-related public health scares.
While much attention has been devoted to the controversy over GMOs (genetically modified organisms) making their way into the food system- witness the ongoing StarLink [TM] controversy-the pressing issue at the moment seems to be associated with the rather old-fashioned matter of contamination. Mad cow disease has now left the relative confines of the British Isles and has spread to Europe. The French, who are practically defined in terms of their food, are now faced with a horror of ...
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