Yes indeed, most Americans do eat GMOs every day!
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While teaching a course on Crop Biotechnology at Huazhong Agricultural University (Wuhan, Hubei Province, China) this past October, I was asked by one ofmy students if it is true that American farmers grow genetically modified crops (GMOs) only for export, and that GMO‐foods are not sold in the USA. The student implied that Americans thought that such crops were “good enough” for developing countries but not good enough for themselves.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Journal of integrative plant biology
دوره 56 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2014