Are cloned food concerns overstated?

BUSINESS. .

YES

# For all the science saying clones in the food chain pose no dangers and are safe, reams of market research, including big food companies, warns of consumer apprehension.

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# Cloned animals--pigs, dairy cows and the like--promise to make food production more cost-efficient and could yield better cuts of eat.

# Cloned livestock should have been approved years ago. It isn't the science that's held things up; it's the reaction of the public.

NO

# Cloning is not a well understood process, and the very

word conjures nefarious notions of humans defying nature.

# Reports of abnormalities, higher disease susceptibility and early deaths of clones have prompted many of the concerns about using their milk and meat.

# Cloning would create a ‘monoculture’ that is susceptible to diseases because it has no genetic variation.

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