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June, 2004

features72 Feeding our Deepest FearsIn 1983 two scientists decided to shoot DNA into an onion with a pellet gun. What seemed like a bizarre experiment has evolved into a multibillion-dollar industry. Today 75 percent of all processed foods in the U.S. are genetically modified. These Frankenfoods, as critics call them, have the public guarding its plate. Are the fears justified? We predict the twists, turns and turbocharged turnips in the controversy's future.By Dan Baum86 Welcome to the Machines...