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GMOs In Popular Media Of 2013 Are Like Vaccine Coverage Of 2003

By Hank Campbell | November 25th 2013 03:39 PM | Print | E-mail

Caitlin Shetterly’s long feature, “The Bad Seed: The Health Risks of Genetically Modified Corn,” in Elle—a magazine with more than 1.1 million monthly readers—was particularly appalling.

http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2013/08/can_gmo...

But cracks are showing. Journalists are shucking off the easy allure of Scare Journalism and arguing for the science side is Amy Harmon http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/25/sunday-review/golden-rice-lifesaver.ht...

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