A Lonely Quest for Facts on Genetically Modified Crops

Lukas Kambic, a biology major at the University of Hawaii at Hilo, sought to use his own experience to counter the anecdotes others voiced that night. ‘My mom ate organic food exclusively and did yoga all the time, and she died of a brain aneurysm,’ Mr. Kambic said. ‘According to the logic of people here, she was killed by organic food and yoga.’

The room was silent.