Oh, well is not at all my response. I am not a scientist, but I bet if you looked up the numbers for those killed or sickened by pathogens in government approved meat (listeria, e coli, etc etc) you'd understand my perspective. I maintain, that this government is NOT to be trusted with my health. It is only a start to certify food is supposedly safe. This government approves all kinds of chemicals are 'safe' to allow industry to dump into my groundwater, earth, air and food. So if you're going to argue that we need government certification, I would argue we need local certification which would be much more meaningful to me. I simply don't trust this government to tell me what is and is not good for me. Shall I go on? What about mercury in children's vaccines? Take your pick.
I understand the main intention here is to protect the people from pathogens. But that ain't going to happen. Like our friend down under said, what about the jerk who eats salad after going to the bathroom & doesn't have enough sense to wash his hands. This country is lawsuit crazy. This is another good way to make lawyers rich and people poor. Nothing in me is going "oh well" and "shrug" about certification. It 's more like oh shit, they're co-opting another good thing to make themselves rich. Jane > From: "Frank Teuton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2002 09:49:39 -0500 > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Search for results of Elaine's testing of bd preps > > > Jane wrote: > > >>> Certainly, there is going to be bad compost tea along with the good > stuff. > > Uh huh. And, if the bad compost tea is used on the fresh produce, that means > there will be a food poisoning outbreak, and dead kids and old people, and > that is just, well, tough luck? > > Or, B, farmers should only make and use compost tea on fresh produce if it > is tested and thus known to be pathogen free? > > Please forgive my lack of 'spiritual evolution' but, in my view, the effort > required to use known compost entities is small and the benefit of assurance > of tea quality is large, given the potential risks. > > Somehow, "Oh well" and "Shrug" seem to me unacceptable as a response to this > possibility. > > Frank Teuton >
