Bernie Sanders and other prominent liberals are taking a stance against established science to warn Americans of food ominously called “Genetically Modified Organisms.”

They oppose a Senate compromise prompted by Vermont’s GMO-labeling mandate, which took effect July 1. The compromise does require national labeling, but it is much less conspicuous, and could be passed with a QR code that would be unreadable to most consumers.

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