Saturday, October 13, 2012

GM food: we can no longer afford to ignore its advantages

Guardian: Given the crises facing the planet, with the population set to reach the 9 billion mark by 2050 and increasing strains being placed on water, energy and food supplies, it would be wrong to hope there could be a single solution to the storms that lie ahead. As the government's chief scientific adviser, Sir John Beddington, once put it in an Observer interview: "There will be no silver bullet." However, the population biologist added a crucial caveat. It would also be foolish not to make the maximum...

URL: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/oct/13/gm-food-crops-genetic-modification
Enclosure: http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2012/10/13/1350154889213/Fields-008.jpg

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