Monsanto's limited safety research, excessive claims, and business methods which signal the possibility of controlling large parts of world food production through an unproven technology, have been exposed to public scrutiny by a wide range of well-informed critics.

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Other companies are also in the business of making DNA for drug companies and other research organizations, which save time by using newer DNA synthesis methods instead of laboriously copying cells and inserting or deleting bits of genetic material.

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