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The "You have all failed" recap. |
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I thought of you this morning as I was lying in bed |
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06/10/2005 |
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of scientific papers which have been published on the genetic modification of foods, and grains in particular. There are also the consensus papers which have appeared many distinguished journals, such as Science, and Nature.
A Google search on "genetically modified food safety" will bring the searcher more than he or she will have time to read. Looking only for "muckraking" articles by lay journalists may be easier and more exciting reading than the actual work produced and reviewed by relevant scientists in their respective disciplines, but that's how science is done. |
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I was listening to NPR - story about how the makers of Vioxx bought off or intimidated respected doctors and researches, threatening to withold grant money if they wrote bad stuff about the pain medicine that some estimate has killed 38,000 people.
the reporter - something Paprikash - did an excellent job.
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