The scientific community is diverse in its approach and evaluation of GMOs, but the general consensus is that this advent in the field of biotechnology has been a major game changer in agriculture, but whether it has been revolutionized for the better, or opened up a pandora's box, depends on perspective. ... While the economic benefits of GM crops have been proven beyond reasonable doubt, the hypothesized hidden health costs of transgenic crops has sparked the curiosity of dissidents from certain elements within the scientific community. ... Pusztai's hypothesis that animal (and hum...

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The federal parole guidelines, initially developed in the late 1960s, allowed parole hearing examiners to set the length of incarceration within a narrow range specified in a chart or grid) based on a) offense severity and b) the offender's past criminal record. ...

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