September 15, 2000

Web Site Looks at Both Sides of Debate Over Genetically Altered Crops

By JESSICA LUDWIG

Genetically modified crops: "frankenfoods" or safe produce? Two professors in the soil-and-crop-sciences department at Colorado State University present both sides of the debate on a Web site, Transgenic Crops: An Introduction and Resource Guide.

Patrick F. Byrne and Sarah M. Ward say their goal is to offer a "neutral and factually reliable" resource on what is an increasingly controversial issue. The impetus for the site was a series of talks and demonstrations that the two professors

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