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In A Face-To-Face GMO Debate, The "For" Side Wins
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| Contributor | RP |
| Last Edited | RP Aug 28, 2015 06:22pm |
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| Author | Francie Diep |
| News Date | Friday, December 5, 2014 12:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Last night, about 450 people packed into New York City's Kaufman Center to hear a genetics professor and Monsanto's chief technology officer debate against researchers who are against the use of any genetic engineering technology. Among the audience members were writers for environmental magazines, a well-known biologist who had invented major genetic techniques, and Bill Nye the Science Guy. It was a sold-out show.
Before the debate, 30 percent of the audience said they were against genetically engineering crops, 32 percent said they were for it, and 38 percent were undecided. In the end, 31 percent were against—and 60 percent were for, a gain of 28 percentage points. The average wining margin in the last ten Intelligence Squared U.S. debates was around 18 percentage points. The final vote also contrasts with what national polls say about how American feel about GM foods. |
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