OPINION: Lack of outcry over MoH advocating for ‘degraded, extracted, or genetically engineered’ very-low-nicotine tobacco.
Zahra Champion Sun, 31 Oct 2021
Twenty years ago, any positive mention of ‘genetic engineering’, let alone one by the Ministry of Health, would have been like kicking a wasp’s nest in a paddock of bulls while dressed in red. It wouldn’t end well.
Two decades on and New Zealanders are smarter and better informed. They