Archive: Jul 2000 (page2)

Cooking Up Controversy

In this week's cover story, Time magazine notes that "at least a million children who die every year because they are weakened by vitamin-A deficiency and an additional 350,000 who go blind" could be saved by genetically improved "Golden Rice." Who could be against this life-saving technology? At a recent press conference, Peter Hoffman, incoming chair of Chefs Collaborative, a group of celebrity chefs pushing organic food, argued that there was no use for "Golden Rice."
PostedJuly 24, 2000 at12:00 am

These Guys Are Idiots

In a recent press release, the eco-terrorists from the Earth Liberation Front (ELF) claimed “two years of genetic experiments were destroyed” by its members in an attack on the Cold…
PostedJuly 21, 2000 at12:00 am

CSPI Needs A Coffee Break

It's the good ol' summertime and you can't blame the Chicago Sun-Times for celebrating the growing array of frosty, frothy coffee drinks now available. Enter the killjoys from the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI): "Most of us don't need those extra calories. Plain coffee has virtually no calories. But if you add a little sugar, you're talking 16 to 20 calories per spoonful. And these 32 ounce beverages -- good grief, that's a lot to be consuming."
PostedJuly 21, 2000 at12:00 am

As If We Didn’t Already Know

If there were any doubts of a link between Fenton Communications (the people that brought you the thoroughly debunked Alar apple scare) and the newly announced Genetically Engineered…
PostedJuly 20, 2000 at12:00 am

Million Dollar Malarkey

The Genetically Engineered Food Alert Coalition has pledged to spend "one million dollars or more" to try to stampede Americans into fearing genetically improved foods. A coalition spokesman claimed, "This is going to be the first sustained effort on the European model," a reference to nanny activists' successful efforts to shock European consumers into fearing state-of-the-art food technologies. We note that this week the European Commission called for multi-national reversal of the nanny-inspired anti-biotech food restrictions already in place.
PostedJuly 20, 2000 at12:00 am

Greenpeace And Chefs Collaborative Hike The Hassle Factor

Restaurant operators wondering why a few customers are starting to express fear about genetically improved foods need look no further than Greenpeace's web-based "action kit" against restaurants, supermarkets and schools. Pre-written guest letters to chefs, endorsed by the increasingly militant Chef Collaborative 2000, annihilate the science and push high-priced organic marketers.
PostedJuly 20, 2000 at12:00 am

Alar Style Attack On Genetically Improved Foods

Fenton Communications, the force behind the thoroughly debunked Alar apple scare, is now whipping up fear over genetically improved foods at the behest of the organic food industry. Twenty-two…
PostedJuly 19, 2000 at12:00 am

Genetic Improvement To Our Food: Safe And Necessary

The Auckland (NZ) Sunday Star-Times reports that the United Nations and the World Health Organization have issued yet another in a growing list of reports that finds genetically improved food…
PostedJuly 18, 2000 at12:00 am

News That Kids Are Healthier Than Ever Makes Nannies Sick

Despite nanny claims that kids eat too much junk food, guzzle too many sodas, eat too many burgers, will get cancer from pesticides on their veggies and dioxin in their food, or will be poisoned by aspartame, the Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics finds that American children are healthier, better fed, and more likely to reach adulthood than ever before.
PostedJuly 14, 2000 at12:00 am

What’s Really Inside A Twinkie Tax?

The Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel repeats the ridiculous idea of a “Twinkie tax” as a way to pay for national campaigns designed to promote healthier lifestyles. We remind you that this…
PostedJuly 14, 2000 at12:00 am