Re: [CH] GE foods
Byron Bromley (Byron.Bromley@gsd-co.com)
Fri, 25 Feb 2000 20:14:31 -0500
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.
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> > 2000
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> > 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]
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