Britain is paving the way for gene-edited food - will the public stomach it?

Twenty years ago, the anti-GM movement had wide backing. Experts say the current mood on gene editing is softerAt the height of the anti-GM movement, in 1999, the late head of Greenpeace, Peter Melchett, was charged with theft and criminal damage after scything down a field of genetically modified maize.In a decisive victory for the anti-GM movement, Lord Melchett and 27 fellow activists were acquitted by a jury in what many took as a measure of the profound negative public sentiment towards GM technology. Continue reading...