[CH] This and That

Dave Anderson (Chilehead@tough-love.com)
Fri, 25 Feb 2000 22:22:16 -0800

> Oh well, my $.02.  And this really is a religious issue.  Since why not
> just let this little ol' newbie have the last word and drop it now? ;-)

Threads end in this group when they end and not when newbies 
decide they should.

I'm amazed that someone who is defending GE would quote the 
BS that butterflies are being killed by bt. I was at a garden meeting 
in California last summer when a Swallowtail Butterfly flew by. 
Someone commented that that was the first butterfly seen because 
the bt engineered corn grown in California had killed all the 
butterflies. My response was HUH????

The people who did the Monarch Butterfly study at Cornell 
University immediately said that it wasn't scientific (were ignored 
by the media and are now being stalked by knuckle dragger par 
excellance Linda Reynolds:-)

There is a study being done by Guelph University in Canada to find 
out if bt engineered corn really affects Monarch Butterflies. This 
study, unlike the Cornell one actually contains scientific things like 
controls.

So the thread ain't going away newbie, and unfortunately any 
science which comes in to refute the RAFI's of the world will 
continue to be ignored in the mainstream media.

As I've said before, I am not pro or con on genetic engineering, but I 
absolutely believe that people have a right to know what they are 
consuming. That includes the cute little flower which will be 
required on irradiated meat and veggies.

Dave Anderson
TLCC