Archive: Sep 2000 (page2)

All About The Money

The American Crop Protection Association's Douglas T. Nelson sums up the case against genetically improved food this way: "Unfortunately, the case against biotech food has nothing to do with safety, health or the environment, but with commercial interests. The sadness of it all is that the organic farmers aren't willing to confront biotech foods head on. Instead, they wish to hide behind the facade of caring about the environment."
PostedSeptember 22, 2000 at12:00 am

Nannies Above The Law

A British jury cleared 28 Greenpeace members of causing criminal damage when they destroyed a field full of genetically improved corn. Expect more such anti-choice terrorism to occur as a result. Greenpeace UK's director, Lord Melchett, said, "This acquittal today vindicates our campaign to prevent genetic pollution of the environment."
PostedSeptember 21, 2000 at12:00 am

EPA Says Butterflys OK

A new study by the Environmental Protection Agency reaffirmed that genetically improved crops approved for human consumption are perfectly safe and that no butterfly or animal is in any…
PostedSeptember 21, 2000 at12:00 am

Really Bad Connections

Maggie Williams, Hillary Clinton's former chief of staff, has signed on to be president of the anti-choice fear mongerers at Fenton Communications. Imagine the possibilities…
PostedSeptember 21, 2000 at12:00 am

Answer Time For A Nanny

Maria Rodale, creator and editor of Organic Style magazine, will be hosting an online chat tonight at 9 pm (EST). It might be a good time to ask her about her support of Fenton Communications' fear marketing efforts on behalf of Rodale Press and Fenton's other organic industry clients. Please feel free to do so.
PostedSeptember 20, 2000 at12:00 am

I.D. Of Genetic I.D.

Reason magazine's Ronald Bailey blasts the Washington Post and NPR for believing Genetic ID, the company which claims there is a problem with Taco Bell taco shells, is anything more than a front for anti-genetically improved food activists.
PostedSeptember 20, 2000 at12:00 am

Eat Your Tacos

Even if Genetic ID’s claim is true, scientists say the scary rhetoric over the Cry9C form of the Bt toxin protein being found in Taco Bell’s taco shells is ridiculous.
PostedSeptember 20, 2000 at12:00 am

Getting Your PR Money’s Worth

Organic clients and activist allies of Fenton Communications bundled their PR spin on the pages of the Chicago Tribune in an article claiming organic food sales are “growing at record…
PostedSeptember 18, 2000 at12:00 am

The Foundation For Deep Ecology: Leading The Luddite Charge

Ever wonder where nannies like Jeremy Rifkin get the money to carry out their anti-choice activism? One of the biggest sources is the Foundation for Deep Ecology, which pushes (with its $150 million in assets) the view that humans are not inherently superior, instead giving equal moral weight to all elements of nature, from the living to the inanimate. How scary is that?
PostedSeptember 15, 2000 at12:00 am

This Bologna Has A First Name…

Jeffrey Armour Nelson, of the Armour meatpackers, now makes his living bashing meat and promoting vegetarianism. Nelson, rebelling against the family business, has crossed the line this time in an…
PostedSeptember 14, 2000 at12:00 am