Science Winning Battle with Superstition?

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"In the long and continuing struggle between superstition and science, the latter has been winning significant victories in the last few months as signs grow that biotechnology is finally overcoming the "frankenfood" label used against it by Chicken Littles in the environmental anxiety industry...

Far from being something to fear, genetically modified crops have the potential for helping millions of hungry people in the developing world survive, while conducting large-scale agricultural operations in an environmentally friendly way.

The approved strains of corn are insect resistant, for instance, reducing the need for chemical pesticides. Like all technologies, care is required in how this one is applied. But when educated about the risks versus rewards, the public seems to be coming around to a fuller understanding that the latter far outweigh the former."