RE: [CH] Anti Bt in your food?

Mary & Riley (uGuys@ChileGarden.com)
Thu, 23 Aug 2001 21:07:11 -0700

> The stuff you spray on your plants is a naturally occuring organism.
>

No. It is a chemical compound found in a bacterium.

> The stuff that is gene spliced is a synthetic version.
>

No.  It is identical, same gene, as that found in a bacteria.  Same as
above.  Let's clarify this.  You say it's ok to have and eat it on the
outside, but not on the inside, right?

> The Bt gene splice is now banned in EU,  Brazil, Auz, Japan,
> China and a few
> others,  In the US you do not have the right to know it's in
> your food and
> have no choice.
>
> Byron


Actually if I try I can find out what is in my food.  In the EU, BZ etc
I don't have the right to make the choice.  What I want to eat is
outlawed.  Because I prefer food that has a BT gene and is hence not
sprayed with pesticide.

When we found out that GM mangoes had saved the industry in Hawaii we
went and bought a whole bunch.

Think it was mangoes.  Might have been papayas.

Riley