For years, politicians and environmental organizations have been needlessly stoking fears about a technology that has been helping to conserve resources and the environment for decades, and that has made food and cosmetics better and more tolerable. It’s time to put an end to this consumer deception.

If you ask a customer or even a store manager what the “No GMO” label means while shopping, most of them don’t know. “There are no genes in it” or “The cows/chickens/eggs are not genetically modified” are the standard answers. But everyone agrees: “It’s probably healthier or better somehow, otherwise it wouldn’t be on the label.” Skepticism about genetic engineering is deeply rooted.

No wonder, since for decades the public has been bombarded with terms like “genetically contaminated,” “genetically modified, ” “genetically modified soy,” and “Frankenstein corn,” and hardly an article about genetic engineering is published without the “biohazard” warning sign ….

This has little to do with reality. Genetic engineering is just as indispensable in industry and crafts as it is in research laboratories and ordinary households.

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