From: John Thomas (fyreflye@bigfoot.com)
Date: Sun Feb 20 2000 - 16:35:11 MST
At 1:59 PM -0600 2/20/2000, Billy Brown wrote:
>
>Of course, I'm all in favor of letting people make their own decisions. By
>all means, let us make sure that people who are worried about GM foods can
>avoid them - but let us also make sure that those of us who aren't worried
>can take advantage of their benefits.
>At 1:19 PM -0800 2/20/2000, Lee Daniel Crocker wrote:
>>
>>Sure, if I had some severe allergy to peanuts or something I'd want
>>to know if any peanut proteins were used in this tomato I'm buying,
>>but besides that, GM foods just aren't different enough to make me
>>worry despite their being new and untested.
>>
For these reasons there should be no problem at all about labeling GM
foods for what they are, and for not allowing GM foods to be sold
under a national "Organic" standards label.
-- -John Thomas
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