I usually just lurk on the list but this is a topic I have done a bit of
reading about. I don't think the link is with the specific food issues
so much as it is government handling of the information flow, hence the
phrase "rocked Briton's faith in politicians, regulators and
scientists". The government did a lousy job of handling the CJD-mad cow
fiasco so people don't trust them when it comes to GM foods.
Kamilla
Personally,
JANINE R. BAALBERGEN wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> I have another 'silly' question: what do mad cow disease and
> Creutzfeldt Jacob disease have to do with genetically manufactured
> foods?
>
> I think nothing, but yeat another article in a local monthly
> magazine, is making the connection with the following parahgraph:
>
> "In the 1980s, the British public was repeatedly assured by
> government ministers that there was nothing unsafe about Britain's
> food. The subsequent outbreak of mad cow disease and its leap to
> humans in the form of the deadly Creutzfeldt Jacob disease rocked
> Britons' faith in politicians, regulators and scientists. No wonder
> then that the tabloids have had a field day with the "Frankenfood"
> epithet for GM food."
>
> Janine
>
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