Ford, B.J. (ed.) GM Crops: the scientists speak.

This volume represents the proceedings of a meeting of the CambridgeSociety for the Application of Research held in 2002. The aimof the meeting was to clarify the current state of knowledgeof GM technology and its implications for the world. This hasresulted in a collection of papers that discuss some but notall of the current driving issues related to the applicationof biotechnology to crops. One of the most contentious thingsabout the volume is probably its choice of title. As sourcesof information, scientists have not been trusted by the publicto be objective on GM or to answer the public’s questionsin