Genetically Modified: The 2 Words the Food Industry Spent $45 Million to Avoid Using

Date: Nov 16 2012

Filed under: Green, Food, Money and Politics

Genetically Modified Corn Proposition 37 GMODespite significant popular support for the labeling of genetically modified foods in recent polls, when it came time to vote on election day, Californians rejected Proposition 37, which would have required businesses to label products containing genetically modified organisms, or GMOs.

Proponents of Proposition 37 argued that the labeling requirements would provide consumers with valuable information that would allow them to make better purchasing decisions. Opponents countered that labels…

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