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Nuggets made from lab-grown chicken meat are displayed on plates and in a steamer basket.
Nuggets made from lab-grown chicken meat are displayed during a media presentation in Singapore, the first country to allow the sale of meat created without slaughtering any animals.

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  • The fledgling lab-grown meat industry is being dragged kicking and screaming into the culture wars.
  • GOP politicians in four states have passed or are considering bans on "cell-cultured" food products.
  • But industry insiders say their products, while disruptive, aren't meant to be political.

Move over, electric vehicles and gas stoves: A new product is taking center stage in the culture wars.

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Food, politics, culture, insider-news, cultured-meat, lab-meat, Analysis
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The GOP's got a growing beef with lab-made meat