Genetic Foods

Where genetic food is involved, no one seems able to give a nonpartisan opinion. Jack Kemp doles out the pro-genetic spin (“Be Not Afraid, Use Genetics to Feed the World’s Hungry,” Commentary, Dec. 3). Someone with Kemp’s considerable experience in government knows better than to suggest that higher crop yields are going to stave off world famine. Kemp does the issue a disservice by painting his adversaries as radicals. There are very real dangers associated with genetically modified crops. Unfortunately, Kemp is more interested in grinding the agribusiness ax than in elucidating a far-reaching, complex issue.

DANNY SULLIVAN

San Diego