Standing in the frontline of the battle to correct "misconceptions" about genetically modified organisms (GMOs), scientist Jessada Denduangboripant says GMOs cannot be "Frankenstein" creations, as many NGOs have claimed. They were an important and useful technology, he said, that could help farmers improve agricultural productivity.
"Our country needs the Biological Safety Bill as a legal tool to control all living organisms that we use in all sectors of agriculture and industry. It is important that we have this tool to manage biotechnology, or else we will be held back as the rest of the world progresses," according to Jessada, a well-known scientist from Chulalongkorn University's Faculty of Science.