On Cnn.com today, I noticed an article about some new purple tomatoes in development by an Oregon State University professor. Apparently, they're creating a hybrid tomato that incorporates the cancer-causing phytochemical in blueberries. They were offering tastes of them at some local Oregon farmers' markets this summer...wonder if anyone nabbed a bite (didja? If so, speak up!).
I don't think this counts as genetically modified food since they're merely breeding hybrids they way they have been for years with tomatoes, roses, etc.
Makes me wonder if the purple tomatoes already in existence have those phytochemicals naturally...anybody know?
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