Most folks unaware they have been eating biotech foods for years
Survey: Most folks unaware they have been eating biotech foods for years
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
TRENTON, N.J.
Thursday, March 24, 2005
Journalnow.com, Northwest North Carolina
Can animal genes be jammed into plants? Would tomatoes with catfish genes taste fishy? Have you ever eaten a genetically modified food?
The answers are: yes, no and almost definitely. But according to a survey, most Americans could not answer correctly, even though they have been eating genetically modified foods - unlabeled - for nearly 10 years.
"It's just not on the radar screen," said William Hallman, the associate director of the Food Biotechnology Program at the Rutgers Food Policy Institute, which conducted the survey. [...] Read more at: http://tinyurl.com/4cglz
© Virginia Metze
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
TRENTON, N.J.
Thursday, March 24, 2005
Journalnow.com, Northwest North Carolina
Can animal genes be jammed into plants? Would tomatoes with catfish genes taste fishy? Have you ever eaten a genetically modified food?
The answers are: yes, no and almost definitely. But according to a survey, most Americans could not answer correctly, even though they have been eating genetically modified foods - unlabeled - for nearly 10 years.
"It's just not on the radar screen," said William Hallman, the associate director of the Food Biotechnology Program at the Rutgers Food Policy Institute, which conducted the survey. [...] Read more at: http://tinyurl.com/4cglz
© Virginia Metze
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