Source: GENETIC LITERACY PROJECT, 10/23/18


Accusations that if you say anything good about biotechnology, then you must be getting paid by the multi-nationals, frustrates Canadian researcher Stuart Smyth, who was in South Australia recently to talk about his research into genetically-modified crops and their impacts. “They can’t be paying all 18 million farmers using GM crops globally,” Mr Smyth said. “Every developing country using GM crops has experienced at least one advantage, if not all, of increased yield, reduced chemical use and fewer pesticide poisonings.

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