Experts respond with real science after The Independent runs pro-GMO articles

‘Leading the charge for more honest inquiry and debate, a cohort of scientists, professors, academics and other leading experts in agriculture is challenging a series of articles published in The Independent, a UK paper, that promote biotechnology and genetically modified organisms (GMOs) as the solution to world hunger.

After running several pro-GMO articles recently, The Independent began receiving letters from folks familiar with the science behind the controversial technology, warning that it isn’t what it seems. The science is inconclusive on the safety and effectiveness of GM crops, many of them explained, and yet the mainstream media continues to trot out stories of unfettered support for their use.’

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