On 25 Jul 2003 09:48:22 -0700, (Hua Kul) wrote:

"Gordon Couger" wrote in message ...
"Oz" wrote in message
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Hua Kul writes

Another naif who seems to believe that governments and their
regulations will save us. It was a British government regulation
requiring cattle to be heavily dosed with organophosphate pesticides
which may have triggered the BSE outbreak. See Mark Purdy's research.

Had organophosphates caused it or fairies dancing ainti clockwise on the
dark of a blue moon BSE is still no more than a fart in a hurricane in the
problems of world health.

Gordon

You missed my point, which was that government actions (regarding
*anything*, and no matter how well intentioned) can't be relied upon
to protect us from much of anything, as you seemed to imply by your
vague "testing" post.

Elect a proper government, and it is the only thing that will protect
you. The public are incapable of knowing the full story, the
corporations are doing their job making money for their shareholders.
An elected, effective regulator is the only thing left.

You still haven't addressed my larger point, posted in response to
your challenge, that the pharmaceutical industries are intent upon
using elements of our food production systems not to improve the food
but to contaminate it for the purpose of increasing their profits,

Their sole job in life!

and
the demonstrated danger in that being the total contamination of an
entire crop globally, as is happening with Monsanto's Starlink GM
corn.

If you don't like what they do, get your regulator to change its
legislation. QED.

To me that one example is enough to totally prohibit any GM
changes, with the possibe exception of those changes that actually
improve the nutrition, safety, or yield of the crop.

Then get all your like-minded citizens together and approach your
legislators.