A fashion magazine flubs a GMO story

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In Slate, Jon Entine critiques a first-person account in Elle of a woman's supposed allergies to genetically modified corn: "It represents a major setback for science journalism, and for consumers who rely on hugely popular lifestyle publications to make their way through complicated issues … Elle perpetuates a 'controversy' that just doesn’t exist in the mainstream science or medical communities." Follow-up.

August 14, 2013

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