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The Academy Chokes On Food Biotech, Public Policy Suffocates, Henry I. Miller
The Academy Chokes On Food Biotech, Public Policy Suffocates, Henry I. Miller
Richmond Journal of Law & Technology
The National Academy of Sciences, under its 1863 congressional charter, is supposed to be dedicated to “investigate, examine, experiment, and report upon any subject of science or art whenever called upon to do so by any department of the government.” At least insofar as judging the scienti c integrity of governmental regulation of biotechnology is concerned, however, two recent “expert” committees of the National Research Council (NRC), the research arm of the Academy, have been plagued by apparent bias, and their recommendations have been dubious.