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Vic Robertson Vic Robertson is an agricultural journalist based in Bedford, UK, whose fervently pro-GM and anti-organic pieces are published in the Scottish press (The Scotsman., The Herald) and the UK agricultural press. Here are some headlines: The Good Side of GM Revealed The Scotsman, Vic Robertson, June 6, 2002 Scientists Call On Organic Farmers To Bury Biotech Hatchet The Scotsman, Vic Robertson, August 16, 1999 BIOTECH INDUSTRY BULLISH ABOUT GM CROP TRIALS Geneticist calls for broader GM debate The Herald, Vic Robertson, March 15, 2001 A PLEA for more reason in the debate on biotechnology and genetic modification was issued by one of the world's leading authorities on the subject yesterday... Professor Channapatna Prakash, director of the Centre of Plant Biotechnology Research at Tuskegee University in Alabama, US. Attitudes to GM see UK miss out The Scotsman, Vic Robertson, March 7th, 2002 ORGANIC LOBBY COMES UNDER FIRE The Scotsman, Vic Robertson, February 26, 2002 ROW BREWING AMONG RIVAL ORGANIC GROUPS The Scotsman, Vic Robertson, 27th November 2001 GREAT GM DEBATE READY FOR THE OFF The Scotsman, Vic Robertson, November 28, 2001 Although, in the latter piece, Robertson claims 'millions of doolars' of research evidence providing 'not a scintilla of evidence of ill health', there's paucity of research into the health effects of GM foods. For a comprehensive review see: Genetically Modified Foods: Are They a Risk to Human/Animal Health? In another Robertson article in the Scottish press, based on an interview with Prof Michael Wilson, Wilson citied 'an independent U.S. survey, carried out by Cornell University' which 'showed that the use of GM crops in Northern America... encouraged more wildlife.' Robertson, apparently, had made no attempt to check on the report in question. In reality, the report was based not on work not by Cornell researchers, as Wilson claimed, but by the industry-funded ISAAA. The report contained no information about wildlife. |