Greggor Ilagan initially thought a ban on genetically modified organisms was a good idea. Jim Wilson / The New York Times
“Scientists, who have come to rely on liberals in political battles over stem-cell research, climate change and the teaching of evolution, have been dismayed to find themselves at odds with their traditional allies on this issue. Some compare the hostility to G.M.O.s to the rejection of climate-change science, except with liberal opponents instead of conservative ones.
“‘These are my people, they’re lefties, I’m with them on almost everything,’ said Michael Shintaku, a plant pathologist at the University of Hawaii at Hilo, who testified several times against the bill. ‘It hurts.'”
Read the entire article at the NYTimes.com: A Lonely Quest for Facts on Genetically Modified Crops.
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