The Dangerous Campaign Against Genetically Modified Foods, With Val Giddings

Crops and foods improved through biotechnology, popularly known
as “GMOs” (for “genetically modified organisms”) remain at the
center of a maelstrom of conflicting claims and assertions. It is
difficult for a layperson to make sense of it all, and this
becomes even more important when the layperson is a government
official in a position to make or influence policy decisions. Rob
and Jackie talk about the unfounded fears surrounding GMOs with
L. Val Giddings, senior fellow at ITIF and leading expert on
policy relating to biotechnology innovations in agriculture and
biomedicine.


Mentioned


Nancy Marie Brown, Mendel in the Kitchen: A Scientist's View
of Genetically Modified Foods (Joseph Henry Press, 2004). 

Rachel Carson, Silent Spring (Houghton Mifflin, 2002).

Val Giddings, “A Policymaker's Guide to the GMO
Controversies” (ITIF, February 2015).