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Explore the alarming 265% increase in ER visits due to food allergic reactions since GMOs were introduced.

Written byKeith Kloor
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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 https://t.co/U1PlwBvpU5 — Robyn O'Brien (@foodawakenings) May 21, 2014

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

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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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