No Critical Thinking Required

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By Keith Kloor
May 21, 2014 11:37 PMNov 20, 2019 12:04 AM

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On Twitter, a popular health advocate makes this observation:

From 1997-2007, the first 10 years of GMOs, there was a 265% increase in ER visits due to food allergic reactions http://t.co/U1PlwBvpU5 — Robyn O'Brien (@foodawakenings) May 21, 2014

Pretty incredible, isn't it? Here's another correlation that will blow your mind.

You can check out all manner of "spurious correlations" at this site, which Knight Science Journalism blogger Paul Raeburn and others have been noting of late.

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