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...wanted to check out the alternatives. My first stop was the Union of Concerned Scientists, where I met two, well, concerned scientists. Margaret Mellon and Jane Rissler have spent years studying food safety, and they've got a lot of doubts about biotech. I asked them what I could do to avoid gene-altered foods this year. They said it would take some work. No one knows exactly which of the thousands of products for sale use gene-altered crops like corn or soy. It could be more than half. They said I'd do best staying away from processed...
...decided to cut a few corners. I settled on the organic bird but skipped the rest. I took comfort knowing that even concerned scientists don't always eat perfectly. "I love Brussels sprouts," Rissler told me. "I just can't find the organic ones." Hey, I forgive her. And I assume, despite the suspect butter, my nephew will forgive his Mitt Matt...
...presence of a compound called X-Gal. Declares Benton Box, dean of Clemson's College of Forest and Recreation Resources: "The potential we now have for tracking a genetically altered organism in the soil offers a tremendous opportunity. I think this is going to be a breakthrough." Says Jane Rissler, of the Environmental Protection Agency's office of toxic substances: "Unlike larger organisms, which can be tracked visually, these microorganisms are simply very small. The public has a right to know where they...
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