Letter to the editor regarding publication of research by Stanley Ewen and Arpad Pusztai regarding effects of genetically modified potatoes on rat small intestines.
Posted at http://home.intekom.com/tm_info/rw90525.htm, Author suggests wording to use (e.g., genetic engineering) and wording to avoid (e.g., biotechnology) in communicating negatively about biotech foods.
In letter to the editor, Lancet is criticized by a representative of the Biotechnology Industry Organization for placing politics and tabloid sensationalism above its responsibility to report and assess new science.
Posted at http://home.intekom.com/tm_info/rw90525.htm, Author suggests wording to use (e.g., terminator) and wording to avoid (e.g., gene protection) in communicating negatively about biotech foods.
