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How we got to now: why the US and Europe went different ways on GMOs

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imagePart of the ongoing debate: some papaya growers in Hawaii have planted a strain that has been genetically modified to resist a virus.remembertobreathe/flickr, CC BY-NC-ND

There is a myth that circulates on both sides of the Atlantic: Americans accepted genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in their food supply without question, while the more...

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