GM crops: Battlefield Can criticism of an article go too far? from Nature 461, 27-32 (2009)

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GM crops: Battlefield Can criticism of an article go too far? from Nature 461, (2009)

Genetic Engineering: Direct manipulation of DNA From Campbell's “Biology”

Global area planted with GM crops And Texas=70ha

The agricultural release of genetically modified organisms is the largest scale experiment that has ever been performed.

% of Total US Acres Common GM Crops in the U.S. ce/2007/09/mon santo-is- hap.html

Toxins in transgenic crop byproducts may affect headwater stream ecosystems (2007) E. J. Rosi-Marshall, J. L. Tank, T. V. Royer, M. R. Whiles, M. Evans-White, C. Chambers, N. A. Griffiths, J. Pokelsek, M. L. Stephen PNAS 104:

B. corn growing near a stream and C. corn detritus in/near a stream

Jennifer Tank (left) and Emma Rosi-Marshall study human-dominated ecosystems

Fig. 3. Growth rates of the shredding caddisfly L. liba fed non-Bt and Bt corn leaves (P = 0.008, Student's t test)

Within two weeks, researchers with vehement objections to the experimental design and conclusions had written to the authors, PNAS, and the US National Science Foundation (NSF), Rosi- Marshall's funder. The authors were also accused of scientific misconduct.

Comment by Klaus Ammann: The points above illustrate sloppy experimental design and interpretation that should have been detected by even a cursory peer review... We are at a loss to explain how qualified reviewers and editors could be unaware of flaws of this magnitude. Publication of this flawed paper has seriously jeopardized the credibility of PNAS as a high quality, scientific forum. (emphasis not in original comment)

"I thought the response would be 'So what? We're going to lose a few trichopterans'," says co-author Todd Royer

Wayne Parrott, a crop geneticist at the University of Georgia in Athens, recently said, "The work is so bad that an undergrad would have done a better job. I'm convinced the authors knew it had flaws."

"I thought the response would be 'So what? We're going to lose a few trichopterans'," says co-author Todd Royer Wayne Parrott, a crop geneticist at the University of Georgia in Athens, recently said, "The work is so bad that an undergrad would have done a better job. I'm convinced the authors knew it had flaws." Shanthu Shantharam, a visiting research scholar at Princeton University said that anti-biotech crop activists would use the paper to "hamper the progress of science".

"I thought the response would be 'So what? We're going to lose a few trichopterans'," says co-author Todd Royer Wayne Parrott, a crop geneticist at the University of Georgia in Athens, recently said, "The work is so bad that an undergrad would have done a better job. I'm convinced the authors knew it had flaws." Shanthu Shantharam, a visiting research scholar at Princeton University said that anti-biotech crop activists would use the paper to "hamper the progress of science". "The science is fine as far as I'm concerned," says Arthur Benke, an aquatic ecologist at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa (and who was not involved in the study)

Monsanto, a maker of Bt maize based in St Louis, Missouri, sent the EPA a six-page critical response to the paper. Monsanto, says that regulators ask seed companies to notify them of papers that relate to crop safety, so Monsanto often includes with its notification evaluations of these papers. '01 '02 '03 '04 '05 '06 '07 '08 '09 Monsanto Stock Price $

Why are the critics so angry/nervous?

Losey et al reported in Nature 399, 214 (1999) that butterfly caterpillars fed Bt corn pollen had high mortality.

"Gene Spliced Corn Imperils Butterflies" headlined the 20 May 1999 San Francisco Chronicle.

Losey et al reported in Nature 399, 214 (1999) that butterfly caterpillars fed Bt corn pollen had high mortality. "Gene Spliced Corn Imperils Butterflies" headlined the 20 May 1999 San Francisco Chronicle. Six PNAS papers in 2001 concluded that the most common types of Bt maize pollen are not toxic to butterfly larvae in concentrations the insects would encounter in the field.

Losey et al reported in Nature 399, 214 (1999) that butterfly caterpillars fed Bt corn pollen had high mortality. "Gene Spliced Corn Imperils Butterflies" headlined the 20 May 1999 San Francisco Chronicle. Six PNAS papers in 2001 concluded that the most common types of Bt maize pollen are not toxic to butterfly larvae in concentrations the insects would encounter in the field. "The Losey paper resulted in a lot of good work and brought to a close that particular question," says Alison Power, who studies ecology and evolutionary biology at Cornell University. Yet some scientists were dismayed that a single paper with preliminary data gave so much ammunition to anti-GMO activists and caused an expensive diversion of resources to calm the scare.

"When bad science is used to justify bad public policies, we all lose," says McHughen, who says he is on a "campaign to make academic scientists a little less politically naive and a bit more careful in their scientific work".

The emotional and sometimes harsh quality of some of the attacks strikes some scientists as strange and unlike the constructive criticism to which they are accustomed. Benke points out that none of the criticisms on the caddis-fly paper, for example, called for further study on the insects. (emphasis not in original article)

Don Huber, a emeritus professor of plant pathology at Purdue University says, "When scientists become afraid to even ask the questions … that's a serious impediment to our progress."

Are the critics justified in their criticism? Does this article give you more or less confidence in science? Are you encouraged or discouraged by this article?

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