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Trillo

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3. Will they program future humans with the ability to produce their own vitamin C?

Reply to n2doc (Original post)

Thu Jan 29, 2015, 03:06 AM

Jan 2015

That would not be good for the corporations which make and sell vitamin C.

Or would corporations use this programming power to instead take away humans ability to turn sunlight into vitamin D, thus boosting the need and sales for vitamin D?

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