Re: [CH] Here we go again...
RisaG (radiorlg@home.com)
Thu, 23 Aug 2001 17:50:14 -0400
I always get heatless jal's in the supermarket. Infuriates me every time. I
try to buy smaller ones hoping that they will be spicier.
RisaG
MK Independent Beauty Consultant
mailto: radiorlg@home.com
Risa's Food Service
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Updated 8/17/01
----- Original Message -----
From: <mstevens@exit109.com>
To: <chile-heads@globalgarden.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2001 3:31 PM
Subject: Re: [CH] Here we go again...
> At 02:47 PM 8/23/01 -0400, Chet Bacon wrote:
> >Basically what burns me now is what I want to burn me down the road..
i.e...
> hot
> >chile peppers!
> >What I am concerned with is the fact that thousands of "experimental
areas"
> are
> >being farmed without any safe guards to crossing into an adjacent area.
Bees
> that
> >I keep don't ask whether or not they are cross pollinating modified
plants or
> not,
> >they are just into collecting food supplies - upwards to 5-6 miles away.
> >Without any kind of standards or safe practices we could, and have gotten
> ourselves
> >into trouble. I, personally, am glad there are people out there that cry
wolf
> and
> >are genuinely concerned about their health and mine.
>
> I've been concerned with the spread of peppers bred to be mild even prior
to
> the GMO era. Has anyone else gotten heatless jalepenos at the store in
recent
> years?
>
> What bothers me about those scaremongering about any use of GM products is
that
> they demand zero risk. It ain't gonna happen. Life is a terminal
condition.
> Those going on and on about how we are polluting the environment and
poisoning
> ourselves with unknown products seem to ignore the fact that we are living
> longer healthier lives than at any point in Human history. These folks
fill
> the airwaves and newsprint with all the horrors that might happen, yet are
> unable to cite one single instance where there was any type of reaction to
a GM
> product. Judging from some of the reactions to folks eating hot chiles
I'm
> surprised there has not been a movement to ban them!
>
> http://chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/oped/chi-0108190262aug19.story
>
> =Mark
>