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re: Glickman and Biotech



In Article <VA.0000004c.00c74eeb@wrcs.u-net.com>, William R Hite
<wrhite@cix.compulink.co.uk> wrote:
>In article <KF16+lQTVmA@ssc.msu.edu> on  10 Nov 1996 14:12:11 -0500 
>craig.harris@ssc.msu.edu wrote:
>Have you seen or heard of any experiments that have assessed even the 
>short term effects of GE foods on HUMAN BEINGS?

How about experiments 'that have assessed even the short term effects of new
NON-GE foods on HUMAN BEINGS?' New 'conventionally' bred crop cultivars are
not tested either!

>The key point about this is that NO ONE has performed long or even 
>short term scientific studies on human beings.

...on ANY new foods, including non-GE cultivars.

>Plenty of studies saying 
>the products are the same as the natural ones. But none where groups of 
>healthy, not-so-healthy, young, babies, elderly, disabled or very sick 
>people have been fed these things and the results evaluated.
>
>Is that safe? prudent? Not at all.

It is not possible to prove a negative, but in the absence of any indication
that GE foods aren't safe, of course it's reasonable to assume that they
are, just as we assume that new conventionally-bred cultivars are safe,
without testing them.

>Is it ethical? Not at all.

Depends on your standards I guess.

>Is it legal? probably.

Most certainly it is legal. That might be the place to start. Change the law.
Tracy



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