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Jimmy’s GM Food Fight

Posted in: Miscellaneous, food, GM by Ruth Harwood, 03 Dec 2008, 10:12am

GM food is an emotive issue, but is too emotive? It seems to me that many people are automatically against modifying crops but don’t really know why. Indeed, it seems unnatural to mess with our food, but is it worth considering GM’s potential? And what about claims that GM could help developing world countries feed their [...]

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