More Than 100 Nobel Laureates Demand Greenpeace End Anti-GMO Crusade
A large group of Nobel laureates has accused Greenpeace of becoming anti-scientific fear mongers, as it called for the environmental group to end its campaign against genetically modified organisms.
A total of 108 Nobel laureates signed the open letter, titled "Why Greenpeace is Wrong about GMOs and Golden Rice, this week. The growing number of signatories pointed to Greenpeace's ardent resistance to the use of Vitamin-A enhanced Golden Rice, a GMO strain meant to alleviate nutritional deficiencies in the developing world. The laureates allege in the letter that the environmental group has led a "fact-challenged propaganda campaign against innovations in agricultural biotechnology."
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