book on genetic engineering

[diane]

I was surprised when I visited England a number of years ago that people in Europe were against GE foods. "How silly" I thought. After all, we
in North America have been eating them for a number of years, and each one has been thoroughly tested, even before being allowed to be grown
in the out-of-doors, let alone being sold to the public.

Well, I have just had my complacency thoroughly shaken. Those foods have NOT been tested and approved. Instead, any testing that has been
done that showed harmful results has been discredited. Can you believe that a U.S. President would tell the British Prime Minister that Scottish
test results must be tossed out? The scientist was fired the next day and served with a gag order.

That was just one example in the book -

Altered genes, twisted truth : how the venture to genetically engineer
our food has subverted science, corrupted government, and systematically
deceived the public by Steven M. Druker

Druker does not blame companies, but scientists and U.S. regulatory agencies like FDA.

[nicollas]

" "How silly" I thought. After all, we in North America have been eating them for a number of years"

Yep it helped us a lot in Europe : "NA do that ? So we should go the opposite way"

[MikeH]

Jul 5, 2015 18:29:15 GMT -5 diane said:

Druker does not blame companies, but scientists and U.S. regulatory agencies like FDA.

Since 2010 when the Supremes endowed corporations with corporate personhood, the US truly has the best government that money can buy. When corporate funding exceeds USDA funding of university research, the results will be what the buyer requires.  In both cases, follow the money.

[ilex]

They are trying yo fix it with TTIP treaty.