No relationship between GMOs and pediatric cancer rates

“There’s a post being highlighted by anti-GMO activists on Twitter that claims that cancer is now the leading cause of death among children in the US, that the rates of pediatric cancer are increasing and that this is because of GMOs. This is another egregious example of the willingness of anti-GMO campaigners to lie to the public in order to scare them and promote their agenda,” writes Michael Eisen, a UC Berkeley biologist, on his personal blog.

“A simple look at data exposes the absurdity of their claims.”

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