Chris, You said:
"It seems they think they can get away with taking advantage of the misery by force-feeding Africans with food that "the market" doesn't want." And that is well said. This unholy alliance of government and protected big business should be thrown out of the food distribution business. As it is, they have been slipping "GM food into food aid for 7 years". No doubt it is this rather than AIDS that is killing off Africans. I thought the sickly health of Europeans was because the National Health Services were so poor. As you suggest, it's because of all these unlabeled enzymes consumed in multi-billion dollar quantities by Europeans. I was going to Europe next year, but maybe I should have second thoughts. Or, maybe I'm already having all these unlabeled stuffs. Almost anything can be proved with impartial scientific tests. But it points to a problem of modern society. Among millions of people, it is likely that someone will be sensitive to something. Over here a noise was raised by people who were sensitive to scents. They tried to ban perfume. It failed, of course. It's tough on the odd people who have special sensitivities, but they cannot expect the overwhelming majority to change for the occasional sensitive. I'm an asthma patient, I got it late in life. Most likely because with the hubris of an amateur athlete, I would do my 3 mile run down to the post office and back (up and down about 800 feet) in 95 F temperatures in smoggy conditions. Or, it could have been the enzymes. Harry ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Christoph wrote: >Keith Hudson reiterated: > > In the stomach, the proteins -- whether derived from variant genes or not > > -- are all digested down to simpler, similar chunks which are of no harm > > whatsoever. > >A misleading oversimplification. Before they are broken down, the novel >proteins can cause allergic reactions and other harmful effects on the >intestinal flora. > >3 years ago, a Swiss study with 110 people who suffered from allergies >gave them a diet free of industrial GM enzymes (also avoiding detergents >with these enzymes) for 1 month. The result was that 90% of them had >no allergies anymore, or had to take significantly less medication. >We're talking about conditions like asthma and neurodermitis, which >have been booming since the spread of GM enzymes in foods and detergents. >The study detected residues of GM fungi and bacteria from the production >process of these enzymes, which are pretty common these days (a multi- >billion business) and don't have to be labelled, not even in Europe. >The corporations refused any comments except denial. > >It seems your oversimplification of "digestion of genes" is as >misleading and irrelevant to today's reality as your oversimplifications >about "cave-men trade" versus today's 40-ton-trucks trade... > > > > However, this doesn't justify the morality > > of certain African dictators in banning (safe-to-eat) GM foods when they > > are only being imported by the aid agencies to try and cope with massive > > starvation > >What about the "morality" of the aid agencies (or rather, GM corporations) >to slip in GM food into food aid for 7 years, without informing the >recipient countries, and often in breach of national regulations? >Why is that sneakiness necessary if it's soo safe? >Why not simply provide non-GM food, which is also on the market? >(Let Americans eat "their" GM food themselves if they like it.) >It seems they think they can get away with taking advantage of >the misery by force-feeding Africans with food that "the market" >doesn't want. > >Chris ****************************** Harry Pollard Henry George School of LA Box 655 Tujunga CA 91042 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: (818) 352-4141 Fax: (818) 353-2242 *******************************
