This article discusses two controversial science-based public policy issues: whether genetically modified foods are unsafe and whether vaccines cause autism. It analyzes how changes in public opinion can shift policy away from science. The research concludes that a coordinated effort from legal and other experts can counter anti-science narratives in public debates.

1. 2021 APR 12 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at...
2021 APR 12 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Mental Health Weekly
Digest -- Investigators discuss new findings in Developmental Diseases and Conditions -
Autism. According to news originating from Storrs, Connecticut, by NewsRx editors, the
research stated, "Science skepticism is on the rise worldwide, and it has a pernicious
influence on science and science-based public policy. This Article explores two of the most
controversial science-based public policy issues: whether genetically modified foods are
inherently unsafe and whether vaccines cause autism spectrum disorder."
Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from the University of Connecticut,
"After evaluating the scientific credibility and discursive power of these claims, this Article
analyzes how changes in public opinion can shift public policy away from anti-scientific
practices. Legal scholarship can play a substantial role because, if accessibly written, it has
the potential to be timely, persuasive, and comprehensible by a broad audience. Other
stakeholders also play a meaningful role. Finally, this Article explores the possibility of what
could happen if these movements are left unchecked."
According to the news editors, the research concluded: "This Article concludes that a
coordinated effort by a variety of stakeholders, and especially relevant experts in the legal
field, can roll back the tide of anti-science in the court of public opinion."
This research has been peer-reviewed.
For more information on this research see: Anti-gmo and Vaccine-autism Public Policy
Campaigns In the Court of Public Opinion. Hastings Law Journal, 2021;72(3):719-772.
Hastings Law Journal can be contacted at: Univ Calif, Hastings College Law 200 Mcallister St,
San Francisco, CA 94102, USA.
The news correspondents report that additional information may be obtained from Robert
C. Bird, University of Connecticut, Business Law & Eversource Energy, Chair Business Eth,
School of Business, Storrs, CT 06269, United States.
Keywords for this news article include: Storrs, Connecticut, United States, North and Central
America, Autism, Biological Products, Developmental Disabilities, Developmental Diseases
and Conditions, Health and Medicine, Immunization, Legal Issues, Mental Health, Neurology,
Vaccines, University of Connecticut.
Our reports deliver fact-based news of research and discoveries from around the world.
Copyright 2021, NewsRx LLC
The citation for this news report is: NewsRx. Findings from University of Connecticut
Provides New Data on Autism (Anti-gmo and Vaccine-autism Public Policy Campaigns In the

2. Court of Public Opinion). Mental Health Weekly Digest. April 12, 2021; p 252.
Use one of your chosen articles about a health myth and use one short sentence from this
article to write five sentiences introducing and citing the quote (see the handout in #9.)
1. identify one short sentence from your article that you want to work with;
2. introduce it in 5 different ways (see the handout on quote introduction);
3. also paraphrase your sentence and then a reference for it;
4. finally, a References list for your two articles;