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treepig Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-19-04 04:39 PM
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here's a two-fer for the alarmists
kiss the swiss good-bye . . .

EU ends ban on biotech food

Associated Press

Brussels — The European Union lifted its six-year moratorium on biotech products Wednesday by approving imports of an insect-resistant strain of sweet corn for human consumption.

David Byrne, the EU's commissioner for health and consumer protection, said the Bt11 strain from Swiss-based Syngenta was approved after "the most rigorous pre-marketing assessment in the world."

"It has been scientifically assessed as being as safe as any conventional maize," he said. "Food safety is therefore not an issue, it is a question of consumer choice."

plus, like all foods, this stuff is RADIOACTIVE!!

Radioactivity is a part of our earth -- it has existed all along. Naturally occurring radioactive materials are present in its crust, the floors and walls of our homes, schools, or offices and in the food we eat and drink. There are radioactive gases in the air we breathe. Our own bodies -- muscles, bones, and tissue -- contain naturally occurring radioactive elements.

http://www.iaea.org/Publications/Factsheets/English/radlife.html
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