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GM food in the public mind—facts are not what they used to be

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Your September editorial1 makes a brave attempt to make sense of the 'puzzle' concerning public reluctance about genetically modified (GM) crop cultivation and GM food. It also makes plain, however, that there still is quite a bit of confusion about the nature of the problem—a confusion that continuously obstructs the path toward a sustainable solution.

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