From Douglas Parr, Greenpeace UK
William Cullerne Bown takes a rather hackneyed view in seeing debates about science as being “pro” or “anti” (30 April, p 21). Numerous studies of public attitudes have shown that there is no anti-science culture, rather there is considerable public questioning about who is developing what, for what purposes, for whose benefit and with what consequences. When the sums add up, as with the use of mobile phones, people are happy to engage. When they don’t – as they most clearly don’t with genetically modified organisms – generally people don’t want the product.
London, UK
