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A Consumer Advocate hypothesizes that genetically engineered foods produced for pharmaceuticals raise the likelihood that these drugs will end up in the general food supply. This is because drug-producing plants can pollinate nearby non-drug-producing plants, thus converting them into drug-producers.
The Consumer Advocate assumes that non-drug-producing plants that are converted will not be removed from the food supply.
The author also assumes that the genetic areas impacted by the drug-producing plants are parts that are harvested and eventually enter the food supply
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