Imagine being able to prevent childhood blindness with rice. No, this isn’t a biblical miracle. It’s the reality of genetically modified organisms. 

A 2015 Pew survey found that a majority of Americans don’t think GMO foods are safe to eat. But the same poll found scientists disagreed: 88% said they were safe to eat, a stronger consensus that the same poll found believed global warming was caused mostly by humans

Why? Scientists know that almost any organism that humans have domesticated has already been genetically modified. Thanks to generations of selective breeding, for instance, many of the foods you love… are nothing like they were in nature. In fact, GMOs allow that process to happen with more precision than conventional techniques.

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