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Publication Date: January 2008
Publisher: Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace
Author(s): Henry I. Miller
Research Area: Agriculture, forestry and fishing; Health
Keywords: Medicine; Health; Biotechnology
Type: Brief
Coverage: United States
Abstract:
The antagonism of extremists toward the new biotechnology, or gene-splicing, applied to the production of innovative new drugs, and gene therapy for life-threatening diseases, agriculture, or anything else is based on the "Big Lie" that biotech applied to agriculture and food production is unproven, unsafe, untested, unregulated, and unwanted despite scientific evidence to the contrary.
A version of this essay appeared in GEN (Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News) on December 1, 2007.