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Releasing the Biotech Blight Resistant Chestnut - Erik Carlson

Talking Biotech with Dr. Kevin Folta

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What Are the Most Common Criticisms?

There's a few common ones that you see come up. Some of them I was just reading about today, is that by releasing these trees that we would potentially be creating a larger reservoir for the blight fungus. And it's, I can see conceptually where they're coming from, but in practice, it doesn't really make too much sense because the blight fungus is already out there.

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