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Do genetically modified foods effect humans?

Updated: 8/17/2019
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Yes, they do. The trouble is, no one knows how much, how fast, or how bad the effects are exactly, and the people pushing for more use of such foods are aggressively opposed to doing any research that might show any negative results because they would lose money.

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