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Re: Herbicides are good for you

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Oh jeesh, I know I shouldn't get started...

Humans have been genetically modifying their agristuff for centuries.  Their
um... "animal companions" too.


Tom
----- Original Message -----
From: <Brian.Scott@expro.shell.co.uk>
To: <sqft@listbot.com>
Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 1999 8:48 AM
Subject: Herbicides are good for you


> Square Foot Gardening List - http://www.flinet.com/~gallus/sqft.html
>
> All,
>
>
> Although not completely organic, I'm glad I don't eat GM (genetically
> modified) foods.
>
> See below an interesting comment from one of the newspapers.  For those
> of you that are unaware, Sainsbury is one of the four biggest
> supermarkets in Britain.
>
>
> Pesticide safety limit raised by 200 times 'to suit GM - industry' -
> Malcolm Kane, formerly head of food safety at Sainsbury, has accused the
> British government of raising the permitted level of pesticide residue
> in soya by 200 times to ensure that GM produce remained legal.  Mr Kane
> says that soya created using GM technology to be resistant to the
> herbicide glyphosate - marketed as Roundup by Monsanto - now has 20
> parts per million of residue, and he is worried about the long term
> effects on diet and health. Daily Mail 21/09/99 p15
>
> regards
>
> Brian
>
>
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