Lots of buzz in the news lately, again surrounding GMOs.
It seems US President Obama is not going to second-guess scientists who say that GM sugar beets are fine. http://www.foodnavigator-usa.com/Legislation/Obama-administration-upholds-GM-sugarbeet-deregulation/?c=%2BlZ8zGql8mrDsx8CmEjESA%3D%3D&utm_source=newsletter_daily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Newsletter%2BDaily
Of course, there are a number of groups who want the second-guessing to continue. The Center for Food Safety and Earthjustice have filed a lawsuit to prevent the introduction of herbicide-resistant sugar beets, because "they have not been proven safe". This begs the question: what do these other groups need to see to be assured of food safety? Or is this a never-ending stall tactic? What is the real danger here, anyway?
Now, these are "only" sugar beets- the resultant refined sugar is quite a bit removed from the roots themselves- we don't eat sugar beets! But if such a processed product arouses this level of scrutiny, how much more will vegetables that are consumed at lower degree of processing (e.g., frozen potato strips, vegetable)?
Hats off to Monsanto and the USDA for sticking to their guns and moving forward based on the best scientific evidence!
Tim
Friday, April 3, 2009
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