Letter to the editor regarding publication of research by Stanley Ewen and Arpad Pusztai regarding effects of genetically modified potatoes on rat small intestines.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 163 Document Number: C26955
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Online from V-Fluence web site via PR Reporter. 3 pages., "Words like 'frankenfoods' and 'genetic engineering' scare consumers and deny them the facts about agricultural biotechnology and food safety, the author writes."
"emerging data suggest that, in some circumstances, the media reporting of science is surprisingly accurate and portrays a message created by the scientific community. As such, there are reasons to believe that the hyping of research might be part of a more systemic problem associated with the increasingly commercial nature of the research environment."
