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A disease known as citrus greening has devastated the orange crop in Florida. Thousands of trees with the disease have been cut down and pesticides have been sprayed to kill the bug that carries the disease. "But the contagion could not be contained," 

"Oranges are not the only crop that might benefit from genetically engineered resistance to diseases for which standard treatments have proven elusive," 

Ricke Kress, president of Southern Gardens Citrus, insists that "the consumer will support us if it’s the only way."

Today's Question: Would you drink a glass of juice made from genetically modified oranges?

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A disease known as citrus greening has devastated the orange crop in Florida. Thousands of trees with the disease have been cut down and pesticides have been sprayed to kill the bug that carries the disease. “But the contagion could not be contained,” writes New York Times reporter Amy Harmon. “Oranges are not the only…

Would you drink a glass of juice made from genetically modified oranges?

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