I have a mountain of data on this subject which I'll gladly pass to
anyone interested off list but to add to the post by John Draper:
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This Week at TomPaine.com <http://www.TomPaine.com>
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EATING IN THE DARK
FDA Will Not Require Labeling of Genetically Engineered
Foods
Americans have a right to know what's in our food. So how
come the Food and Drug Administration wants us eating in the
dark?
The FDA has proposed new rules that would NOT require
genetically engineered (GE) food to be labeled as such. The
rules would also continue to allow these foods to be sold
without any required safety testing. We don't know what
these foods might do to people with allergies or weak immune
systems, or if they have any long-term effect on children.
The new FDA rules are not yet final. Consumers have one
more week -- until May 3 -- to let the agency know what they
think. They can do so at http://www.TrueFoodNow.org.
Credible polling shows Americans overwhelmingly favor GE
food labeling. But if the FDA's new rules go through as
drafted, Americans will be left eating in the dark.
READ OUR NEW YORK TIMES 'OP AD'...
http://www.TomPaine.com/opad
...AND READ THESE OP-AD FEATURE STORIES...
THE LABELING LOGIC
by Charles Margulis, Greenpeace
A detailed critique of the FDA's new GE food regulations.
In sum: No labels, no tests, no problem, says FDA.
http://www.tompaine.com/news/2001/04/24/index.html
THE A-B-C's OF GE FOOD
by Rachel Massey, Environmental Research Foundation
In the rush to promote genetic engineering, safety
testing has fallen through the cracks.
The fourth in a series of articles on the science and
regulation of GE foods, with links to the entire series.
http://www.tompaine.com/opinion/2001/04/18/1.html
COMMON SENSE ON BIOTECH
by Michael F. Jacobson, Center for Science in the Public
Interest
The author is does not share the same suspicion of GE
foods that other environmental and public health advocates
have, but he agrees that labeling would help GE foods gain
credibility with the public.
http://www.tompaine.com/features/2001/04/24/1.html
CAN GE FOOD FEED THE WORLD?
by Brian Halweil, WorldWatch Institute
The biotech industry says we need GE foods to feed an
exploding world population. In congressional testimony, this
researcher says that such technology isn't the solution to
world hunger.
http://www.tompaine.com/features/2001/04/24/index.html
John Draper wrote:
>
> PBS just ran a 2 hour special: Harvest of Fear on the GMO
> issue. Please read the review below by Tom Mathews. Then
> please go to the PBS website and vote NO!
>
> And pass this on to everyone:
> http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/harvest/exist/
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