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 Generation SXeptic

 Caught in the Ag Biotech Crossfire:
 How U.S. Universities Can Engage the Public About Scientific Controversy



 Matt Nisbet

 July, 2001
 Ithaca, NY

 <<http://www.csicop.org/genx/agbiotech/>>

 Though current public attitudes in the U.S. may still stray towards the
 ambivalent, agricultural biotechnology is likely to be one of the most
 prominent technological and scientific developments of the next decade.
 Widespread claims of the technology's brightest benefits will be
 increasingly countered by allegations regarding GM agriculture's darkest
 perils. Universities and their scientists will be at the center of this
 debate, both as developers of new applications, but also as those chiefly
 responsible for engaging the public and policymakers regarding
 biotechnology's ethical, social, and legal implications.