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Margaret Mellon

Margaret Mellon is Senior Scientist with the Food & Environment Program at the Union of Concerned Scientists.

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Polar approaches dominate today’s biotechnology debate. At one end are enthusiastic supporters of genetic engineering, who hail it as the essential solution to virtually all of the world’s food and agriculture challenges. At...
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