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Article: ARE MODIFIED FOODS NATURAL?(Brief Article)
- Article from:
- USA TODAY
- Article date:
- April 1, 2001
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Scientists say that genetically modified foods are safe, but many individuals are still uncomfortable about eating them, maintaining that they are unnatural. In the science community, researchers become dismayed when discussing biotechnology with people who use such a vague term as "unnatural." Paul B. Thompson, the Joyce and Edward E. Brewer Distinguished Professor in Applied Ethics, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind., and author of Food Biotechnology in Ethical Perspective, says even those who label foods as unnatural don't always have an exact explanation for why they think the way they do. "It's not exactly a religious view, because it's not something they would ...