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Something important just happened at Cornell’s Alliance for Science, writes Steven M. Druker. Long known as a keen promoter of genetic engineering, the organization has experienced a profound change of direction. Its new director, Sarah Davidson Evanega, has opened an inclusive scientific dialogue on the safety of GMO crops. Who says it’s all ‘over’?
Surprisingly, the Cornell Alliance for Science, which is funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and strongly promotes genetically engineered (GE) crops, does not seem to share the narrow-minded attitude regularly expressed by one of its chief spokespersons.
Despite the fact that Mark Lynas, the organization’s widely quoted Visiting Fellow, has repeatedly declared that the debate about these crops is ‘over’ – and that we no longer need to discuss whether they’re safe – the organization’s Director, Dr. Sarah Davidson Evanega, has not only fostered the debate’s continuation, she has recently taken it to a new level.
In an unexpected and commendable step, she distributed a new book that presents a well-documented case against the GE food venture to all 25 participants in the Alliance’s Global Leadership Fellows Program; and she then arranged for them to attend a public lecture delivered by the book’s author on September 30th.
I am that author, and I’m pleased to point out that through these actions, the Alliance has initiated a major, and most welcome, shift in the debate.
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