Biotechnology has brought visible and profound benefits to consumers and farmers for more than a decade. It has helped to reduce malnutrition dramatically and to double life spans in parts of the developing world. Yet, for all its achievements and promise, this technology is mired in a rancorous, trade and cultural war between Europe and the United States inflamed by a politicized media. As a result, the technology remains dramatically underutilized, with tragic consequences for millions of starving people in Africa and other poverty-stricken regions. Let Them Eat Precaution provides background and offers solutions to the current impasse. Authors address the risk and rewards of genetic modification (GM); the differing dialogues on genetic manipulation in Europe and the developing world in contrast to the United States; the debate’s impact on new product development; and how to foster more constructive discussion of the costs and benefits of GM - taking into acount political, social, moral, and economic as well as scientific issues - to bring about more rational and internationally coordinated public policy. The next generation of genetically modified foods offer many more benefits.