There is no consensus in the scientific community that GMOs are safe, <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F2014%2F02%2F03%2Fopinion%2Fschubert-gmo-labeling%2F">says David Schubert at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies</a>. Seen here are soybean seeds from a Monsanto lab.
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There is no consensus in the scientific community that GMOs are safe, says David Schubert at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies. Seen here are soybean seeds from a Monsanto lab.
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Monsanto, the world's largest seed company, tests genetically engineered variants of soybean seeds that would tolerate the company's Roundup herbicide and provide protection from insects.
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Monsanto, the world's largest seed company, tests genetically engineered variants of soybean seeds that would tolerate the company's Roundup herbicide and provide protection from insects.
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GM labeling initiatives are being debated in a number of states. Here is genetically modified corn.
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GM labeling initiatives are being debated in a number of states. Here is genetically modified corn.
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A number of countries have questioned the potential benefits of GM crops. Here, GM wheat fields grow in Saskatchewan, Canada.
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A number of countries have questioned the potential benefits of GM crops. Here, GM wheat fields grow in Saskatchewan, Canada.
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A sign, "Danger, GMO contamination," is posted by almost an acre of nearly mature GM corn that earlier had been trampled by anti-GMO activists, near Pordenone, northern Italy, in 2010.
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A sign, "Danger, GMO contamination," is posted by almost an acre of nearly mature GM corn that earlier had been trampled by anti-GMO activists, near Pordenone, northern Italy, in 2010.
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