RE: GMO labeling

Walker Bennett (WBennett@caldwellspartin.com)
Mon, 20 Dec 1999 16:00:34 -0500

Using the analogy of the American Bald Eagle, it is the predator at
the top of its food chain that will suffer the most from a concentration of
toxin all the way up the chain. We used DDT as a cure-all after WWII,
spraying fields, cities, ponds, everything that didn't move faster than us.
The plants became contaminated which ran-off into the watershed to poison
the fish which were eaten by the eagles...they began to die off and were
unable to reproduce.

Under the assumption that we (humans) are at the top of the food
chain (unless you consider that cockaroaches have been around longer),
whatever we do up and down our food chain WILL eventually come back at us!

Walker Bennett

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-----Original Message-----
From: Alex McGregor [mailto:waldenfarm@sprintmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 1999 1:08 PM
To: sanet-mg@shasta.ces.ncsu.edu
Subject: Re: GMO labeling

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We are at the beginning of our introduction of GMOs into the food
"pipeline." It would be much easier now to set up a system for
separation now than years down the road. Let the companies who say that
GMOs will rescue the world from hunger, obviate the use of chemicals and
make all farmers rich lay out the money for the infrastructure.
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Alex

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