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Video: Cornell Prof Peter Davies on how to evaluate evidence for and against GMOs

| | December 14, 2015
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The GLP aggregated and excerpted this video to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis.

Professor Peter Davies, a plant biologist at Cornell University, examines the criteria we should use to evaluate web sites and scientific papers on biotech (GMO) crops. He offers a roadmap for evaluating the veracity of both publications and the arguments of advocates on all sides of the debate.

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