OMG, GMO! How Mark Lynas Learned to Stop Protesting and Love GMOs
Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Radio
Milk Street Radio
4.2 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 7 June 2019
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
Journalist Mark Lynas campaigned against genetically modified foods. Then in 2008, he changed his mind. On this week's episode, we talk to Lynas about his journey from anti-GMO activist to pro-GMO advocate. Plus, we discuss the strange eating habits of the world’s most infamous dictators; Dan Pashman teaches us how to outsmart a buffet; and we grill up pork skewers from Thailand.
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| 1:26.8 | This is Mostri Radio from Pierre Ex on your host, Christopher Kimble. |
| 1:31.6 | Today we're investigating the rare case of someone changing their mind. |
| 1:35.2 | In this case, it's journalist Mark Linus and his journey from anti-GMO activists to pro-GMO head-van-kid. |
| 1:42.5 | When it was pointed out to me that I was getting my science wrong on this really important issue, |
| 1:48.4 | I had to go back to school and do some reading, read those peer-review papers, and I found out that |
| 1:55.3 | there was a scientific consensus that GMOs was safe as any other food, and that scientific consensus |
| 2:01.7 | was just as strong as the scientific consensus that global warming is real. |
| 2:05.9 | Also coming up, we presented a recipe for Thai Grill pork skewers at home. |
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