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For millennia, farmers all over the world have bred crops for their resistance to disease, productivity, and nutritional value. Today, few topics have the power to inspire as much international furor and misinformation as the development and distribution of genetically altered foods.
Dr. Michael Crichton, author of "State of Fear," along with a discussion by a panel of distinguished scientists, examined and spoke to the increasing politicization of science at an event sponsored by the Independent Institute in 2005.
