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By robert schooler at my name is robert, and i am a cornell university undergraduate student. Techniques to alter the genetic makeup of an animal or plant, or to transfer genetic sequence from one organism to another, have been developed and marketed since. Changing genes in a food will change that foods characteristics. Genetically modified crops and agricultural development matin. He is the author of several health books and medical editor of the blaylock wellness report. Genetically modified food simply means that the original dna. Genetically modified food sources 1st edition elsevier. Blaylock s guide to avoiding gmo foods 3w to use this guideho 4 ers of gmo foods. Blaylock has appeared all over the foodrelated advocacy space and has been around the. A genetically modified organism gmo means any organism. Jan 29, 2018 in the quest to avoid geneticallymodified organisms gmos, many opt to buy allnatural or even certified gmo free breakfast cereals.
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