Researchers at the Food Policy Institute of Rutgers-Cook College say U.S. residents know very little about genetically modified foods. The institute polled 1,200 adults and found just 48 percent were aware such foods are currently for sale in supermarkets and only 31 percent realized they regularly ate genetically modified food, an institute spokesman said Tuesday. Seven in 10 adults do not realize it is possible to transfer animal genes into plants, six in 10 don't understand ordinary tomatoes contain genes and 58 percent believe tomatoes modified with genes from a catfish would probably taste fishy. Fewer than half understand eating a genetically modified fruit would not cause their own genes to become modified. The survey had a sampling error of plus or minus 3 percentage points. Source: United Press International Remember we are NOT Doctors and have NO medical training. This site is like an Encylopedia - there are many pages, many links on many topics. Support our work with any size DONATION - see left side of any page - for how to donate. You can help raise awareness of CAM.