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[Claudia Joseph <permie@earthlink.net>]

I am shocked that advocates would trivialize GMO’s by calling them parochial. 
Thank you Johnathan, for those excellent links. I am actually surprised and 
relieved that no one at Cornell would support GMOs. Most universities are 
supporting GM for the funding benefits.
- Claudia

> On Jan 24, 2017, at 3:51 AM, Lawrence London <lfljvenaura@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Jonathan Latham <jrlatham@bioscienceresource.org>
> Date: Mon, Jan 23, 2017 at 9:24 PM
> Subject: [SANET-MG] There’s Nothing Parochial About the Issue of GMO Food
> Labeling
> To: sanet-mg@googlegroups.com
> 
> 
> Dear Friends and Colleagues
> 
> Published today (Jan 24th 2017) on *Independent Science News:*
> 
> *There’s Nothing Parochial About the Issue of GMO Food Labeling*
> by Jonathan Latham, PhD
> 
> https://www.independentsciencenews.org/health/theres-nothing-
> parochial-about-the-issue-of-gmo-food-labeling/
> 
> *Synopsis:* Last week, Michael Pollan, Olivier de Schutter, Mark Bittman
> and Ricardo Salvador called GMO labeling “parochial“. They are mistaken.
> GMOs are the leading edge of agribusiness strategy in intellectual,
> financial, and legal senses. They have enabled huge profits and leveraged
> the concentration of the global seed supply. Labeling, on the other hand,
> is a mechanism for introducing democracy and the protection of consumer
> rights, possibilities that are everywhere in short supply. It should not be
> dismissed or diminished.
> 
> Please consider sharing this article.
> Best wishes
> 
> Jonathan
> Jonathan Latham, PhD
> Executive Director
> The Bioscience Resource Project
> Ithaca, NY 14850 USA
> 
> www.independentsciencenews.org
> and
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> jrlatham@bioscienceresource.org
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> Tel: 1-607-319-0279 <(607)%20319-0279>
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> and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic
> society. Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society
> constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power of
> our country.”—Edward Bernays, Propaganda
> 
> 
> -- 
> Lawrence F. London, Jr.
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