When Devang Mehta started his PhD research developing disease-resistant crops, he was excited about the humanitarian potential of genetically modified plants. But public suspicion and distrust in the science of GMOs eventually drove him to quit.
Liz Tung (@lizxtung), health and science reporter for WHYY’s The Pulse, reports.
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