12.07.2012 | permalink
Nobel Laureate James D. Watson, credited for the landmark discovery of the structure of the DNA, says “genetically modified foods are good.” 84-year-old Watson says he feels the use of genetically modified foods was a way to save the world from starvation. Answering a question asked by NDTV at the ongoing Euro Science Open Forum [...] Taking an almost diametrically opposite view, India’s Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan told NDTV that “genetically modified foods have no place in ensuring India’s food security.”