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Almost 10 Percent of U.S. Medical Costs Tied to Obesity. Time to put land whales on diets.
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Tripp wrote: Genetic food doesn't help either. If the food isn't good for germs or insects, it's not good for you. Then why is altering the genetic makeup of food crops to improve resistance to insects and disease OK when the methods are selective breeding and interbreeding? - Don Klipstein ) |
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Almost 10 Percent of U.S. Medical Costs Tied to Obesity. Time to put land whales on diets.
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(Don Klipstein) wrote: In emailer.net, Darren Tripp wrote: Genetic food doesn't help either. If the food isn't good for germs or insects, it's not good for you. Then why is altering the genetic makeup of food crops to improve resistance to insects and disease OK when the methods are selective breeding and interbreeding? - Don Klipstein ) Because it doesn't rely on antibacterial markers or Cabbage Mosaic Virus as enablers to produce a resistant crop. Do you understand how GMOs are made? "Seeds of Deception: Exposing Industry and Government Lies About the Safety of the Genetically Engineered Foods You're Eating" http://www.amazon.com/Seeds-Deceptio...y-Engineered/d p/0972966587/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1248852739&sr=1-1 -- - Billy Racial injustice, war, urban blight, and environmental rape have a common denominator in our exploitative economic system.* ~Channing E. Phillips Israeli Settlers Attack Palestinian Land http://i2.democracynow.org/2009/7/22/headlines#7 http://www.tomdispatch.com/p/zinn |
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Almost 10 Percent of U.S. Medical Costs Tied to Obesity. Time to put land whales on diets.
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Bert Hyman wrote: In (Don Klipstein) wrote: In emailer.net, Darren Tripp wrote: Genetic food doesn't help either. If the food isn't good for germs or insects, it's not good for you. Then why is altering the genetic makeup of food crops to improve resistance to insects and disease OK when the methods are selective breeding and interbreeding? I think it would be entertaining to watch the OP as he tries to live on the diet of some randomly selected insect or bacterium. The fact that he posts through an anonymizer suggests that he knows his position is absurd. I see that one of the neo-nuts has found us. -- - Billy Racial injustice, war, urban blight, and environmental rape have a common denominator in our exploitative economic system.* ~Channing E. Phillips Israeli Settlers Attack Palestinian Land http://i2.democracynow.org/2009/7/22/headlines#7 http://www.tomdispatch.com/p/zinn |
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