Re: [CH] GE foods
green56 (green56@PioneerPlanet.infi.net)
Fri, 25 Feb 2000 20:11:03 -0600
Hhhhuuummmm...
"...bad chemistry."
I don't know. GE "brings good things to life."
Don'tcha know!
Byron Bromley wrote:
> Chuck
>
> There are already reports that the Bt corn only reduced the pesticide use
> only 2.5%
> And the European Corn Borer has already built up a tolerance to Bt.
>
> The FDA had hearings on this subject, over 6 million folks responded.
>
> The FDA had an e-mail site that should have closed on Jan 13th, They had so
> many responses that they closed it on the 8th
>
> They had hearings in DC, Chicago and SF, the turn out in DC and Chicago
> was so immense that they tried to hide it in SF.
>
> Yes I will agree that good chemistry is good, but when a product, esp food
> is released in that large of a volume without proper testing. I feel that is
> bad chemistry.
>
> Byron
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Charles P Demas" <cpd@world.std.com>
> To: "Byron Bromley" <Byron.Bromley@gsd-co.com>
> Cc: <chile-heads@globalgarden.com>
> Sent: Friday, February 25, 2000 7:34 PM
> Subject: Re: [CH] GE foods
>
> > On Fri, 25 Feb 2000, Byron Bromley wrote:
> >
> > > If there is nothing wrong with GE foods they why this??
> >
> > You can't recognize a politician pandering for votes?
> >
> > It should be noted that genetically modified corn requires little if
> > any pesticides to be used to grow it. Those pesticides cause polution
> > and environmental damage, so growing non-GE corn will cause
> > significantly more pesticides to be used in farming that corn.
> >
> > FWIW, I see nothing wrong with being informed, but let's get the
> > full information out, not just a few fear aspects. GE corn has
> > features that make it "environmentally friendly," as well as making
> > it a lower cost product for the farmer to produce.
> >
> >
> > Chuck Demas
> > Needham, Mass.
> >
> >
> > >
> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > >
> > > 2000
> > >
> > > WASHINGTON, Feb. 22 /U.S. Newswire/ via NewsEdge
> > > Corporation - U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) today
> > > introduced legislation that would require labeling of
> > > genetically engineered (GE) foods on supermarket
> > > shelves.
> > [rest of article snipped]
> >
> > Eat Healthy | _ _ | Nothing would be done at all,
> > Stay Fit | @ @ | If a man waited to do it so well,
> > Die Anyway | v | That no one could find fault with it.
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> >
> >