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Old Fri, Sep-27-02, 14:48
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The only meaningful choice is informed choice. Lawsuits aren't necessary when people are willing to disclose their practices to the light of day. But that isn't how things work.

Corporations, like individuals, have responsibilities. The food industry is being busted constantly for mistating and lying about their products. They threw down millions in lobbying money to stop food labeling. And lost, fortunately. They still spend huge somes of money to attempt to control regulators so they don't have to clearly describing ingredients. There are, for example, several euphemisms used for MSG, which is still in heavy use in the US food supply. It's medically proven to cause liver toxicity. It stimulates appetite so people eat more.

McDonalds has been busted twice recently, once for putting meat products in their '100% vegetable oil' fries and again for trans-fatty acids in their products. This was discovered by independent research. Only under media scrutiny did they cough up the deception.

Almost all fruits and veggies in the US are irradiated with gamma rays to preserve shelf life. The food corps have so far successfully fought labeling those products. Why? They DON'T want you to have the choice of deciding whether you want to put that in your body.

Citrus is blasted with methane gas to acelerate ripening. Yummy.
Then of course there's genetic engineering and cloning. Neither require labeling.

Proven cancer causing pesticides are made illegal in the US, so the chem and food companies export them and use them in other parts of the world, then bring the same product into the US for your consumption. Thanks NAFTA.

I'd suggest that some of you consider the larger issue. Frankly we have a few individuals here willing to stand up to to the ridicule of the not quite bright in order to get some full disclosure.
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