The U.S. government is encouraging farmers to spread a chalky waste from coal-fired power plants on theirfields to loosen and fertilize soil. The material is produced by power plant “scrubbers” that remove acid-rain-causing sulfur dioxide from plant emissions.
Genetically modified foods have come to your local supermarket, even though most Americans don’t want them and many believe they’re dangerous. A CBS poll found that 53 percent of Americans wouldn’t buy food they knew had been genetically modified. But here’s the rub—there’s no easy way to know which foods contain genetically modified ingredients.
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