![Neil deGrasse Tyson escalates defense of GMO products after YouTube video goes viral Neil deGrasse Tyson escalates defense of GMO products after YouTube video goes viral](https://mtic.us/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Neil-DeGrasse-310x168.jpg)
After a short video clip went viral last month of American astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson defending GMO foods, the scientist took to his Facebook page to publish a statement speaking further on the subject.
As RT reported last month, Tyson was caught on camera recently saying that critics of GMOs, or genetically-modified organisms, should “chill out.”