Archive: Jun 2002 (page3)

Anti-Biotech Activists: Starving For Attention

Anti-biotech activists showed their true colors in Scotland last week, when 70 protestors trampled a field of genetically improved crops. “The protest was billed as a fun demonstration…
PostedJune 11, 2002 at12:00 am

Biotech: Saving Lives Despite The Smears

Americans have spoken: Consumers trust genetically improved foods. A new Purdue University survey finds that, after being informed about the science behind biotech, nine out of ten consumers…
PostedJune 10, 2002 at12:00 am

Times Plays Up Sea Bass Silliness

Last week, The New York Times ran a puff piece on the “Take a Pass on Chilean Sea Bass” campaign, an effort to persuade restaurants to remove…
PostedJune 6, 2002 at12:00 am

Hog Farming In Florida?

The strange effort to put a restrictive anti-hog farming initiative on the Florida ballot this November is pressing ahead. Anti-pork activists from a self-described “national animal protection movement” have…
PostedJune 6, 2002 at12:00 am

‘Animal Rights’ Equals ‘Human Rights’?

“I don’t see a difference between a chimpanzee and my 4 1/2-year-old son,” says Steven Wise, a law professor and proponent of a dangerous school of thought that would put…
PostedJune 5, 2002 at12:00 am

Attorney Aims At Restaurant Industry

Attorney John Banzhaf made his name, and a lot of money, by suing tobacco companies. The George Washington University professor heads up an organization that promises “hundreds of billions…
PostedJune 5, 2002 at12:00 am

CSPI And Brownell: Two Twinkies In One Package

“If children have healthy foods available, they’ll eat healthy foods. If they have unhealthy foods available, they’ll eat thoseā€¦ Animals will do the same thing when put in a cage.”…
PostedJune 4, 2002 at12:00 am

CSPI: When Is A Pizza Not A Pizza?

The Center for Science in the Public Interest‘s shocking report that pizzas contain cheese caught the attention of The Dubuque Telegraph Herald’s Ken Brown, who writes: “I always…
PostedJune 3, 2002 at12:00 am

PETA’s New Pro-Violence Promoter

“Do not be afraid to condone arsons at places of animal torture.” “It’s not about loving animals. It’s about fighting injustice. My whole goal is for humans to…
PostedJune 3, 2002 at12:00 am