Ag Science Companies Use Facts to Fight GMO Fears
From Growing Georgia
By Allison Floyd
Tuesday, July 8th, 2014
GMO Answers isn’t trying to convince you that genetically engineered crops are better than traditional crops or make you emotional about the science that allows cotton to survive glyphosate or makes corn resistant to caterpillars.
The companies that sponsor the campaign just want people to have the facts.
“There is a crisis in consumer confidence that has been perpetuated online and across social media with misinformation, scare tactics and fearful messages – really baseless assertions about the safety of biotech,” said Cathy Enright, the executive director of the Council for Biotechnology Information (CBI).
About 300 organizations oppose GMO as a part of what they do. For some groups, stopping genetic engineering is their sole goal, but others simply use GMO opposition as a way to draw attention and funding to their main message, Enright said.