Re: Organic Leaders Warn Biotech Industry: Keep Out!

Tracy Aquilla (news-relay.ncren.net!newsgate.duke.edu!agate!spool.mu.edu!howland.erols.net!feedTracy Aquilla)
Sat, 8 Mar 97 16:38:09 GMT

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In Article <jtoth-0703971702530001@wash9.fairfield.com>, jtoth@fairfield.com
(Joe Toth) wrote:
>Organic Industry Leaders Warn Biotech Industry: Keep Out!
>
>Newly-Formed National Coalition Cites Deep Concerns In Letter to U.S.
>Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman
>
>(MARCH 5) - A newly-formed national coalition of organic food industry
>producers, scientists, and consumer activist groups this week will send a
>strong message to U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Dan Glickman and the biotech
>industry: "Keep genetically engineered organisms (GEOs) out of the organic
>market."
^^^^^^^
...and that really is the entire point of all this hubbub. It's all about
protecting the market (which I have absolutely no problem with, as long as
we're honest about it). This is strictly a political-economic issue. It's
irresponsible and downright dishonest to try to make this into a health and
safety issue. GE foods have no proper place in the organic market, but that
is no reason to maintain that GE foods pose serious health risks. Please,
let us not cloud the issues.

Thomas T. Aquilla, Ph.D.

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