By rejecting gene-spliced ingredients in their products, some major food companies may be making foods that are less safe and wholesome for consumers—and that expose them to litigation.
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Gregory Conko is at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, 1001 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20036, USA. Barron's has named their book, The Frankenfood Myth: How Protest and Politics Threaten the Biotech Revolution, one of the 25 Best Books of 2004.
- Gregory Conko
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Miller, H., Conko, G. & Kershen, D. Why spurning food biotech has become a liability. Nat Biotechnol 24, 1075–1077 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt0906-1075
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