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Árpád Pusztai. Árpád János Pusztai (8 September 1930 – 17 December 2021 [1]) was a Hungarian-born British biochemist and nutritionist who spent 36 years at the Rowett Research Institute in Aberdeen, Scotland. He was a world expert on plant lectins, authoring 270 papers and three books on the subject. In 1998, Árpád Pusztai publicly ...
The Pusztai affair is a controversy that began in 1998. The protein scientist Árpád Pusztai went public with the initial results of unpublished research he was conducting at the Rowett Institute in Aberdeen, Scotland, investigating the possible effects of genetically modified potatoes upon rats. Pusztai claimed that the genetically modified ...
Jan 15, 2008 · Arpad Pusztai: Biological divide. The scientist at the centre of a storm over GM foods 10 years ago tells James Randerson he is unrepentant. James Randerson. Tue 15 Jan 2008 04.48 EST. Contrary to ...
Jul 4, 2001 · July 1, 2001. When research scientist Arpad Pusztai appeared on British television in August 1998 to talk about his studies of genetically engineered potatoes, he was suspended and later fired from his job at the Rowett Research Institute in Scotland. After a distinguished 36-year career there, his research was terminated, his data seized, and ...
Aug 9, 2010 · Twelve years ago, a 150-second TV broadcast changed our world; everyone everywhere owes a debt of gratitude to the man whose life it turned upside down—in his effort to protect ours. On August 10, 1998, eminent scientist Dr. Arpad Pusztai (pronounced Poos-tie) dared to speak the truth.
Apr 16, 2001 · The respected scientist who discovered some of these potential risks and announced them publicly in 1998, Arpad Pusztai, was subsequently fired from his research position at the Rowett Institute in Scotland and his findings discredited under suspicious circumstances.
Oct 22, 1999 · The Lancet. Scolded Over Pusztai Paper. For more than a year, a study claiming to show that transgenic potatoes may make rats sick was at the center of a furious debate, even though its findings had never been published. Now, part of the controversial study by protein biochemist Arpad Pusztai has finally made it into the pages of The Lancet ...
