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February 22nd, 2016 
Awake Goy Iowa State University researchers plan to move ahead this year with a long-delayed project in which a dozen students would be paid to eat genetically modified bananas.
The trial is controversial, because natural-food proponents claim genetically modified foods can be dangerous. Many mainstream scientists, including those running the ISU project, disagree.
The bananas, created by an Australian scientist, contain a gene that is supposed to help people living in Africa make vitamin A. Proponents say the gene came from a different type of banana, and is completely safe to eat.
The plan, which first came to light in 2014, would involve feeding the bananas to a dozen student volunteers. They would be paid $900 each.
Earlier this week, activists delivered petitions against the project to officials at ISU and at Seattle headquarters of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, which is bankrolling the project. The activists said more than 57,000 people signed the petitions, demanding that the project be halted.
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