Re: RE: FDA recalls Starlink

From: CurtAdams@aol.com
Date: Mon Nov 06 2000 - 18:27:39 MST


In a message dated 11/6/00 2:19:40 PM, mail@HarveyNewstrom.com writes:

>> what is its 'safe' level? How many tacos does couch potato Jose
>> have to eat
>> during a football game in order to receive a harmful dose?
>
>We don't know because the human tests haven't been performed yet. That's
>why the recall. Nobody has measured how much pesticide makes its way into
>the corn itself, or how much one would have to eat to reach toxic levels.

Starlink is being recalled due to concerns about allergenicity, not toxicity.
I suspect the reason the tests weren't done is that you can find *somebody*
who's allergic to almost anything.



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