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Are genetically modified foods (GMF) safe or dangerous to consume?

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Genetically modified foods have been experimented with for many years now . The insight to feeding a hungry world , as their pledge . Putting steroids in to chicken feed , to make the chickens bigger and mature faster . Now we are consuming the byproducts of this venture .

The consumption of chicken by our children , has adverse effects on their growth and maturity . Teenage girls are testament to the fact . The start their periods earlier and their breast are larger . The effects of the modified foods are hurting our children and us .

The market for (GMF) is staggering . The enhancement of just about everything we buy at the supermarket has these modified foods . The food we eat have long term effects over our emotional and physical well being . Cancers of most of our organs are due to the steroids used to enhance and modify our foods .

Beef and poultry , are the biggest in the (GMF) market . Vegetables are fast becoming the same way , with producing hybrid cultures of produce in the country . Just about everything we eat and drink is bad for us , even the air we breath . I read some where , that fresh air was bad for the lungs , Go figure . High concentrations of oxygen will burn your lungs , it is the humidity that is key .

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Are genetically modified foods (GMF) safe or dangerous to consume?

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    by Catherine M

    Genetically modified foods, the title alone makes you cringe. As a biologist myself I have an excellent understanding...read more

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    by Margaret Shauers

    Genetically modifying products may be safe - the key word is "may." And I don't appreciate being a guinea pig! ...read more

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    by Martin Michael Rose

    When the first Genetic Modification techniques were applied agriculturally to a brand of tomatoes in 1994 to cause th...read more

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    by Sparx

    Genetically modified foods are safe to eat. That's been established in both theory and practice for quite some time. ...read more

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