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GMO biz vs consumers
"Evil *******" wrote in message news On Mon, 04 Aug 2003 20:40:01 +0000, Gordon Couger wrote: In the greenest part of the country a vote on [a law requiring GM labelling] lost 3 to 1. Not quite 3 to 1 over 70% voted down a laws that would require GM lables. Who voted - the legislature, or the people? The people. After reading "The Loved One" by James Joyce as a teen, I thought nothing could shock me about Americans. I'm at a complete loss to understand why supposedly sane people would vote *against* knowing what their food is made of. It's made of soybeans and corn they don't want to pay the cost it would take to segregate GM crops. If they are concerned about that they can buy organic. But then again, 'food' as we know it is not available in the USA. For instance, you can't buy cheese there. 80% of people buy this orange plastic stuff, that makes Kraft Processed Cheddar Slices seem like the finest Kiwi or Aussie matured cheeses by comparison. This is typical of the foods over there (lived in Boston and SF for some months, visited NY and LA). I will agree with you about the cheese in the supermarket. But you can get good cheese you have to order it or go to a specitly store if you are in a city. We do pay a price for having the cheapest food on the planet. Aged cheese and beef are expensive and not avilble in every grocery store. The US government has established scientific agencies starting in 1873 by establishing the USGS followed by the USDA in 1894. We have a good deal more respect for them than we do a bunch of sensational tabloid new stories. The faked studies of Lynx, DDT and egg thinning in birds and the forest fires from the lack of proper forest management are detracting from the environmentalist credibility with the large majority of people in the US. The antics of PETA, earth liberation front and others using terror tactics are detrimental to their cause. Our press reports both sides. When the FDA and USDA say that there are no differences worth labeling most of the people trust them as they trust them for assuring the safety of their milk, meat and drugs. Our government does not work like a lot of parliamentary governments that form a gang and railroad things though until they can no longer agree and break up and make a new gang. Every issue stands on its own. Since we have reguatutory agencies with a long history and proven expertise we trust them more than people in Europe seem to trust theirs. Farmers don't have the political clout that they have in some European counties either. Gordon |
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