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A fresh controversy has erupted over Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) cotton after the publication of a study by a government institute in India showing that Bt cotton planted in India is not as efficient in killing bollworms there as it is in the US or China.
In September the commissioner of the FDA resigned, leaving a leadership vacuum and a lack of certainty that is likely to force biotech companies to stick to pharmaceutical alliances rather than going it alone in seeking drug approval.
Neither antibiotech activist nor Dr. Frankenstien, Eduardo Kac is a writer and artist whose theme is that in biotech, as in all science and technology, nothing is as good or as bad as it seems.