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  GM Foods
What are GM foods?
Are they dangerous?
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Protestors damaging GM crops What are GM foods?
GM stands for genetically modified food.

GM foods have been artificially changed by scientists in a laboratory.

In the past, plants have been improved by breeding them with other, better plants - a natural process which takes years. But with GM foods, it's done quickly and artificially, and lots of people are worried about it.


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