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GM food: the latest scare

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The safety of genetically modified (GM) food is in question once again, following the publication of a French study linking it with cancer. Professor Gilles-Eric Séralini and his team spent two years monitoring rats fed a lifetime diet of GM corn. They say 70% of females and 50% of males died prematurely, while some developed massive tumours and suffered severe damage to their liver and kidneys.

FOCUS
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