Is it OK to eat cloned fruit?

The following is an excerpt.

Cloned fruit is widely sold in grocery stores. ย Some of it is even cloned mutant fruit. ย None of these fruits are labeled as such. ย They arenโ€™t even regulated. You canโ€™t avoid this kind of fruit by going to Whole Foods or Trader Joeโ€™s. ย Should you be concerned?

Actually, ย almost all fruit is cloned for good reasons that I will describe below. ย I like to use this question as a way to show people how emotive language can be used to make something ordinary sound scary. ย That is why a healthy dose of skepticism is needed as we encounter so many alarmist allegations about our food supply. ย The danger is getting drawn into a conspiracy-theory mindset which leaves people unable to listen to reasoned explanation.

Read the full article here:ย Is it OK to eat Cloned Fruit?

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