Reasoned, refereed exchanges about GMOs between opposing factions are rare. So when I saw that the Boston Review had manufactured that kind of conversation, I leaped for it, hoping that the back and forth would clarify some contradictory claims.
The Boston Review forum does that, and I’ll summarize those points below, but the conversation is a little shallow. It starts with an essay by Pamela Ronald, the UC-Davis rice scientist I talked to back in July. The others respond: Seven of them buttress Ronald’s points, while just three actually argue with her; then she gets a final word
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