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Article: KILL FRANKENFOOD MYTH TECHNOLOGY OF GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOODS AN ADVANCE.(Editorial)(Editorial)
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- Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
- Article date:
- May 11, 2000
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Byline: Robert W. Tracinski
THE FDA's decision recently to formally impose regulations on genetically modified foods was supposed to be a step forward for scientific objectivity - but it will actually serve to perpetuate an anti-biotech crusade fueled by an irrational hatred of science and technology.
The ostensible purpose of the FDA's rules is to ``reassure consumers'' about the safety of genetically modified foods. But it will merely serve to give an undeserved legitimacy to anti-biotech environmental activists, by treating their scare tactics as scientific claims to be answered with scientific evidence.
In reality, these claims are based ...