Here's what kind of people fear GMOs

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(Pew Research Center)

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(Pew Research Center)

While scientists and the FDA openly support genetically modified foods (GMOs), the majority of US adults — 57% — regard them as "generally unsafe" according to a new Pew report.

The report — a survey of about 2,000 American adults in August 2014 — shows that things like political ideology and party affiliations don't really matter when it comes to supporting GMO foods.

Here's what does:

Women are much more wary of GMOs than men, with 65% of women considering them unsafe compared to 49% of men.

Blacks and Hispanics are more wary of GMOs (68% and 65%, respectively) than whites (53%).

The biggest difference came down to level of education. 62% of people with a high school education or less believe GMOs are generally unsafe, while only 38% of people with a post-graduate degree believe GMOs are generally unsafe.

That's a sign of a much larger problem, that many American don't trust scientists to understand science.

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