Letter: Controversy surrounding genetically modified (GM) foods

    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Fisken, Roger A. (author)
    Format:
    Commentary
    Publication Date:
    1999-11-13
    Published:
    UK
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 139 Document Number: D05885
    Journal Title:
    Lancet
    Journal Title Details:
    354 : 1729
    Subject Term:
    accuracy, biotechnology, coverage, food, food safety, information issues, mass media, reporting, research communication, risk communication, scientific communication, genetic engineering, bias, genetic modification, and United Kingdom (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK)(Europe)
    Notes:
    Letter to the editor criticizes lay media for "scaremongering and sheer nonsense" on a variety of medical and scientific topics.

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