date:Jan 10, 2013
rk Lynas (pictured) in the Frank Parkinson lecture, who openly attacked the anti-GM lobby for not basing their arguments on scientific fact.
Mr Lynas, who in the early days of GM trials had actively ripped up crops and destroyed test fields, had his moment of enlightenment while researching the effects of global warming and climate change.
His research led him to base his climate change arguments on scientific studies and papers but the opposition lobby denied the scientific reality of climate