Date: Tue, 16 Feb 1999 15:29:55 +0000
From: mokey <higginsc-AT-tcd.ie>
Subject: Re: fwd: hell



>Speaking of which, has news of the British genetically engineered
>plant/food panic reached your neck of the rose-bush? The nation that
>brought you mad cows is now getting very worried about the amount of
>altered crops. A particular problem appears to be US soya products,
>where they don't keep the organically grown stuff separate from the
>'Frankenstein Food' as our tabloids so coolly understate it.

hey andy
>From what i hear, our stateside cousins aren't too worried about
"genetically modified organisms"  they've had these frankenstein foods in
their bread and pesto sauce for over a year now, and i don't think there's
been much public reaction.  i stand to be corrected by those in the new
world on that count.

i think the world is leaving it down to us europeans to get all flustered
about such things (although i hear that there's a big grass roots movement
in India against gmo's)

On that subject, i heard recently that they've found the first case of
cross-polination, after monsanto et al. said it was impossible.  but i
don't believe it - how could a good-old-boys multinational be wrong about
such things?

mokey