For a recent radio story about the cloning controversy, produced by Molly Stentz of WORT Community Radio in Madison, WI and which aired on Free Speech Radio News on Jan. 14, 2008, follow this link:
http://www.fsrn.org/content/monday%2C-january-14%2C-2008
Why Cloned Food Should Be Inedible and Unacceptable
By: John E. Peck, executive director, Family Farm Defenders
(a version of this article was printed in the Jan. 10, 2007 edition of Country Today)
Last I knew, the mission of the FDA was to protect the public’s health by assuring the safety of our nation’s food supply. The FDA’s purpose is NOT to facilitate the dumping of dubious food products onto people’s dinner plates for the sake of corporate profit. That is why I found it so disturbing to see the recent Country Today editorial by Scott Schultz (1/3/07), basically lauding the FDA for its decision that byproducts from cloned livestock are safe for human consumption. read more...
For a consumer factsheet on why cloning is bad news, click here Δ