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It’s great to see a few anti-GMO writers and activists come to grips with the anti-science nonsense festering within their community. This article in Reason mentions a few of those positive developments. Almost every day I see an article posted on Facebook or elsewhere filled with scare tactics, fabrication, and poor scientific reasoning about the impact of GMOs. This is not necessarily or always malicious, though it often violates the norms of civilized debate, to say nothing of it’s potential human impact. I believe that opposition is a product of superstition, a misplaced faith in what GMO opponents falsely construe as “natural” or “sustainable.”
Here is an example of reasonably balanced reportage, in this case, on the debate over the benefits of golden rice.
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