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Subject: [permaculture] FDA Should Rescind Cloning Support!
Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2003 18:20:16 -0800
(I normally don't send things from the company I work for thru the
lists, but this latest blasphemy from the FDA is much too doomsday
scenario to ignore. The important thing here is to send a letter to
your congress person. If you do not want to get further mailings from
Organic Valley remember to uncheck the Farm Friends box-- mIEKAL)
FDA Should Rescind Cloning Support!
Once man-made species are introduced into the environment there is no
"calling them back." Whether it's genetically engineered crops cross
pollinating with wild weeds, genetically modified salmon breeding with
wild fish, or future concerns with cloned mammals, the risks to the
balance in ecosystems worldwide are great. American families should
not be guinea pigs for corporate greed! Contrary to what the F.D.A.
says, there is no level of 'acceptable risk' when it comes to putting
unproven science on the table for dinner.
"By allowing foods from cloned animals into the food system without
proof of their long-term effects on human, animal and environmental
health, the F.D.A. is not protecting the consumer. The F.D.A. is
furthering their support of the abhorrent attempt by corporate
interests to control the genes of our citizenry," warned George Siemon,
CEO of Organic Valley. Send an email from the Farm Friends Action
Center now demanding that the FDA change their position!