Archive: Dec 2000 (page4)

Incredibly Fat Anastasia Finally Turns Up In Scotland

No, we're kidding. The tsar's daughter hasn't been found. However, we're not kidding when we tell you that Scotland is about to name a new "fat tsar" to force the Scots to change what they eat. Don't be surprised if the Center for Science in the Public Interest's Michael Jacobson starts calling for a "fat tsar" here to impose "fat taxes."
PostedDecember 5, 2000 at12:00 am

Yo Quiero Frankenfood

Forbes waxes eloquent on the benefits of genetically improved foods over organically grown foods.
PostedDecember 5, 2000 at12:00 am

Nannies Are Counting On It

The Center for Science in the Public Interest's Michael Jacobson, who wants to force labeling of everything, tells the New York Times, "in the current environment, [a mandatory label for genetically improved food] would be almost a kiss of death on a product."
PostedDecember 5, 2000 at12:00 am

PETA Bashing

Former employees and other animal rights campaigners bash the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals and their "silly claims and goofy stunts."
PostedDecember 5, 2000 at12:00 am

AMA Says Biotech Food Safe

A study by the American Medical Association's (AMA) Council on Scientific Affairs on the safety of genetically improved foods concludes that the organization should "recognize the many potential benefits offered by genetically-modified crops and foods, not support a moratorium on planting genetically modified crops and encourage ongoing research developments in food biotechnology."
PostedDecember 4, 2000 at12:00 am

Taking Responsibility

Are your kids fat? The Hudson Institute’s Michael Fumento says if they are, it’s not restaurant food, Dream Cast, TV, or computers, to blame–it’s you. The Ottawa Citizen agrees and…
PostedDecember 4, 2000 at12:00 am

Stuck In Politics

The Sacramento Bee editorializes in support of genetically improved foods, specifically vitamin-A-enhanced "golden rice" which could save one to two million children's lives a year. "The researchers' golden rice is not a Frankenfood. It is a miracle of modern technology. It is those who seek to keep this rice locked away, because it doesn't fit their ideology about the evils of modern science, who are acting like monsters."
PostedDecember 1, 2000 at12:00 am

Lobsters Live On

The Seafood Lover's Almanac, published by the National Audubon Society and funded by anti-choice forces, says we "should avoid" eating lobster. But lobsters are thriving, perhaps even because they are being harvested. Once again, fact triumphs over their fiction!
PostedDecember 1, 2000 at12:00 am