What is Árpád Pusztai?
'''Árpád János Pusztai''' (8 September 1930 – 17 December 2021) was a Hungarian-born British [[biochemist]] and [[nutritionist]]. He worked for 36 years at the [[Rowett Research Institute]] in [[Aberdeen]], [[Scotland]]. He was an expert on plant [[lectins]]. He wrote over 270 papers and three books on the subject. Pusztai was born in [[Budapest]], [[Hungary]]. In 1998, Pusztai said that the results of his research showed feeding [[genetically modified potato]]es to rats had negative effects on their stomach lining and [[immune system]]. He was criticized and many universities stopped supporting his research. This became known as the [[Pusztai affair]]. Pusztai died on 17 December 2021 at the age of 91.<ref>{{cite news |title=PUSZTAI, Dr Arpad FRSE |url=https://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/254282/pusztai |access-date=29 December 2021 |publisher=The Times |date=29 December 2021 |archive-date=7 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220407200353/https://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/254282/pusztai |url-status=dead }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Pusztai, Arpad}} [[Category:1930 births]] [[Category:2021 deaths]] [[Category:British biochemists]] [[Category:Scottish academics]] [[Category:Naturalised citizens of the United Kingdom]] [[Category:Scientists from Budapest]] {{bio-stub}}