Michael Pollan as GMO ‘denialist’ dupes credulous New York Times

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38. Go figure. Your source cynically parses words or is woefully uninformed.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/jonentine/2013/08/14/elle-magazines-bungled-gmo-controversy-deepens/

Jon Entine: Elle Magazine's Bungled GMO Reporting Controversy Deepens

...As I documented in Slate, from a scientific perspective, the belief that she suffered crippling eosinophilic esophagitis as a result of ingesting GM food is complete nonsense. Since GMOs were introduced into the food supply, there has not been one documented case of any health problem in humans—not even so much as a sniffle—linked to approved GMO foods...

http://www.gene.ch/gentech/1997/8.96-5.97/msg00243.html

USA Today Article, March 6, 1997 Page A-13, Genetically , Altered Food: BuyerBeware

...The risks are not hypothetical. Any unbiased scientist
familiar with the technology will admit that genetic
engineering can give rise to unanticipated allergens
and toxins. Already we have seen this scenario in action.
In 1989, a dietary supplement, L-tryptophan, caused
37 U.S. deaths and 1,511 nonfatal cases of a disease
called eosinophilia-myalgia syndrome (EMS). The Centers for
Disease Control linked these cases to tryptophan manufactured
using genetically engineered bacteria. A study published
in Science in 1990 confirmed that the tryptophan was
contaminated with a toxic "novel amino acid" not present in
tryptophan produced by other methods.

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Dr. John B. Fagan is a molecular biologist who has
conducted research using recombinant DNA techniques.

More: http://www.psrast.org/jftrypt.htm