[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