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David Ropeik is a consultant in risk-perception and author of the book 'How Risky is it, Really?' In this excerpt from The Inquiry, he discusses the psychological reasons why so many people don鈥檛 accept the scientific consensus that GM foods are safe to eat. He suggests we鈥檙e hard-wired to be more suspicious of man-made risks than natural ones.

Photo: David Ropeik (Credit: The Donahue Foundation)