Food Politics, Half-Baked

I just finished reading this article, couldn't believe it, sadly
shook my head in disbelief (but not the least bit surprised),
and decided to share it here:




"LAST month the Food and Drug Administration gave
the green light to food made from cloned cows, pigs and
goats, with the agency’s top food-safety expert, Dr. Stephen
Sundlof, declaring, “It is beyond our imagination to even
have a theory for why the food is unsafe.” Opponents of bio-
technology immediately let out a collective groan of disap-
proval — among them Jerry Greenfield of Ben & Jerry’s ice
cream (who has called cloning “just weird”). Cloning, after
all, will now join genetically modified crops as yet another
threat to organic agriculture. I, too, let out a groan, but
for a different reason..." Continued

I have only one thing to say:




Ditto.


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