I think another factor is Government links with the relevant industries.
I am aware that there are Government ministers with strong links with
companies which are involved with GM food- leading to fears that any
change in policy would be due to this rather than to any discussion of the
issues involved.
Graham.
On Wed, 21 Jul 1999, L and N enterprises wrote:
> Janine,
>
> 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
> >
> > -
> > Janine R. Baalbergen
> > Student Master of Arts in Communication Studies
> > School of Communication Studies
> > Auckland Institute of Technology
> > State Insurance Building rm 1414
> > Wakefield Street
> > Auckland New Zealand
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>
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