Bill, At 12:41 18/09/02 -0400, you wrote: (KH) <<<< . . . some African politicians have been frightened enough to prevent GM grain being imported by the aid agencies in order to cope with wide-scale starvation among their people -- even though, within the stomach, the variant genes within GM food are broken down and digested as thoroughly as all the others and are of absolutely no danger. >>>> (WBW) <<<< Isn't it interesting that the food that was offered was genetically altered and was not saleable in the US? >>>>
I was not aware of this and, in fact, doubt it greatly. Are you suggesting that the UN and the big aid agencies were proposing to supply GM food that was somehow dangerous or sub-standard? There are, in fact, different rules in different countries as to what GM foods are saleable or not -- but in order to prevent it being planted in the first place and its environmental effects rather than any danger when eaten (though many opponents of GM foods believe this -- as though it falls into the same category as pesticide-treated food). I suggest that your "evidence" is due to disparities between legislation in different countries for different foods. Keith ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- Keith Hudson,6 Upper Camden Place, Bath BA1 5HX, England Tel:01225 312622/444881; Fax:01225 447727; E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ________________________________________________________________________
