The Battle Over GM Foods

At Quark Soup, David Appell has posted an interesting, fair, and balanced article about the global debate over genetically modified foods. I am very much in the middle on this issue. These are vital techniques that we should be studying and implementing if we plan to feed an ever-increasing population that needs ever more land on which to live. And reducing the amount of chemicals that are sprayed on crops (and by extension, farm workers) is an unquestionably good thing. On the other hand, the sorts of protections and safeguards that should be in place while these methods are being tested are haphazard and inconsistently enforced and the political games around GM foods are unsavory, at best. Anyhow, excellent reporting on an issue that doesn't get nearly the attention that it should.