Tailoring Fear to Terrorize Your Audience
It has been widely shown that the anti-GMO movement does not have evidence to support their position. In the absence of science, biotech opponents must resort to misinformation and fear in order to achieve their goals. Today a report surfaced about It reminded me of a post I produced last year. In China, GM cotton has been used for over a decade and the technology has brought tremendous advantages. In 2003, the use of Bt cotton stopped over 300,000 tons of insecticide from being applied (Pam Ronald, Tomrorow's Table). The technology is doing well, and today there is a great discussion among Chinese scientists about the technology-- and they are for the development of such products. However, the anti-GM movement has effectively manipulated Chinese citizens. In the USA, you scare people by telling them they'll be fat and packed with tumors like a 2-year old Sprague Dawley Rat. In China, you need to tell them that they won't be able to have children. With rules on