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Saturday, November 08, 2014

The next wave of transgenic crops continues -- low acrylamide cancer risk potatoes


At The NY Times

A potato genetically engineered to reduce the amounts of a potentially harmful ingredient in French fries and potato chips has been approved for commercial planting, the Department of Agriculture announced on Friday.

The potato’s DNA has been altered so that less of a chemical called acrylamide, which is suspected of causing cancer in people, is produced when the potato is fried...

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