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Some Consumers Still Wary of GM Foods |
| Section: CURRENT ISSUES / SPECIAL REPORT--FUTURE SCIENCE |
| Author: Holli Chmela / Barbara Castleman |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 2/1/2007 |
| Size: 2,026 Words, 14,056 Characters |
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Editor's Note: We have included two articles here, which cover some of the ethical and social questions raised by genetically modified foods and cloning.
On Thanksgiving, an estimated 40 million turkeys adorn dinner tables across the United States as families gather for the traditional feast. Most Americans probably think about how long the in-laws will be staying, what the football scores are, or how to avoid the crowds at the malls the next day--not whether their turkey was fed insect-resistant corn, or if their mashed potatoes were made from fungal-resistant spuds.
But some scientists and consumers are still skeptical of the long-term safety and sustainability of genetically engineered crops, and some companies, especially in Europe, are finding increasing resistance to ge...
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...& I Online eLibrary archives:
---"Pros and Cons of Tinkering With Crop Genetics," by Shelley Widhalm, January 2006 (Article #24803)
--"Agricultural Genomics," by Robert B. Eckhardt, December 2001 (Article #22097)
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