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Thread ID: 82967	2007-09-14 10:42:00	Got a cold? Have some cloned chicken soup	qazwsxokmijn (102)	PC World Chat

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591190	2007-09-14 10:42:00	Just wondering what PF1er's views on GE food are. I personally hate the idea of eating food genetically altered by humans.	qazwsxokmijn (102)
591191	2007-09-14 11:00:00	Well, I am appalled at the idea of eating food genetically mutilated by a multinational company - unless I am a share-holder in it. Their motives, contrary to popular belief, are not always 100% customer focussed. The thought of MS steak or iRoasts is a bit worrying.	R2x1 (4628)
591192	2007-09-14 11:08:00	I personally hate the idea of eating food genetically altered by humans. I agree with you there.	stu161204 (123)
591193	2007-09-14 11:23:00	I'm 100% absolutely happy with eating GE food. Unless it can be shown that there are adverse health effects (and I mean proper evidence, not hysterical crap cooked up with bought scientists and hippies), I will not mind at all.	beeswax34 (63)
591194	2007-09-14 11:26:00	Did you watch TV 3, Inside NZ last night,Whats really in our food? Hopefully it will be on their website later on, video on demand. It is amazing what crazy bad chemicals they are putting in our food and its in everything too. No wonder we have more health problems now a days. They did a experiment with kids party food one lot of kids had the "normal party food" and another lot had healthy party food and the behavior of the kids afterwards was obvious to a blind man. What's Really In Our Food? AIR DATE: 13-Sept-2007 New Zealanders eat a cocktail of food additives every day but don't realise that many of these additives are banned overseas, and we could be putting ourselves and our families at risk. Inside New Zealand investigated What’s Really In Our Food? Take a look at the ingredient list of your favourite snack food and try to pronounce some of those multi-syllabic words. Do you know what soy lecithin, monosodium glutamate and sodium benzoate are? With such massive chemical adulteration of the food we eat today, we are left asking: how safe is this chemical soup we call our ‘groceries’? More than 4,000 additives are put in to the food we eat in New Zealand compared with the 3,000 added to foods sold throughout North America. Even the standard Kiwi breakfast is chemical rich; our cereals, breads and drinks are full of artificial colours, sweeteners, preservatives and flavours, all of which independent experts say are behind an explosion of modern illnesses. But what is even more worrying is that many of these additives are banned overseas. Like the food colouring amaranth. It has been linked to asthma, skin rashes and hyperactivity and is banned in many foreign countries. Inside New Zealand dissects a typical Kiwi family’s diet, focusing on the amount of additives they consume and the health risks, while also demonstrating the psychology behind the use of additives and why food manufacturers use them. Case studies reveal food additives that are responsible for debilitating illnesses or long term suffering, and in each case, people have reduced or eliminated the additives from their diet and experienced a remarkable improvement in their health. Tune in to the eye opening documentary Inside New Zealand: What’s Really In Our Food?, screening Thursday, September 13 at 8:30pm. PROGRAMME NOTES: The book referenced during the show was 'The Chemical Maze – Your guide to food additives and cosmetic ingredients' by author Bill Stratham. The copy of the book used for the show was sourced from Naturally Organic - www.naturallyorganic.co.nz - or (09) 914 2026 Alternatively you could contact Pathfinder Bookshop - www.pathfinder.co.nz - or (09) 379 0147 or 0800 55 44 55. For a list of the potentially harmful additives, click here (PDF size = 5KB). :2cents:	memphis (2869)
591195	2007-09-14 11:55:00	Additives are different to GE Memphis. ;)	qazwsxokmijn (102)
591196	2007-09-14 12:29:00	GE food is actually probably more tested. Its environmental effects are a worry though.	gibler (49)
591197	2007-09-14 13:54:00	GE is simply taking a gene which creates particular proteins from one species and inserting it in to the genome of another to produce the same protein. While it is important to perform all the same tests that are normally done to certify food as being safe there is absolutely no reason to believe that these products would be any less safe than any other new strain of plant. We happily purchase and eat hybrids combining the genes of several species all the time - how on earth does managing the combination of genes in a controlled setting make this any worse? It is particularly interesting that many of those with the strongest aversions to GE foods will consume almost anything labeled 'natural', without even checking whether it's passed food safety standards at all. Herbal medicines are a pet peeve of mine - they may work well in some cases but we simply don't know what side effects they may also have. Genetic engineering does have important implications in terms of weed resistance to herbicides and may also alter the behaviour of those producing food in a number of negative ways (e.g. encouraging excessive use of herbicides) unless proper controls, education and (dis)incentives are put in place. These are the real issues at play. There are real issues around GE that need to be resolved. When people waste discussion time talking about non-issues like this is simply reduces awareness of the more important issues by putting things out of perspective.	TGoddard (7263)
591198	2007-09-14 20:06:00	I personally hate the idea of eating food genetically altered by humans. Do you? Take a look at wild corn then. Humans have been messing about with food for 1000's of years. This is just a different, faster way.	pctek (84)
591199	2007-09-14 21:41:00	Right on, PC......... Since humans don't consume foods on a genetic level we have never had problems eating food with genes in them yet. We eat food with genes in them all the time, and so far I have not seen anyone sprouting stems, leaves, roots or anything else that is genetically defined. Get real..food is just broken down to it's constituent parts and the nutrition is thereby derived; we don't care if it's meat, plant, fruit or vegetable..they all currently have genes and they aren't harmful. Modified genes or not and their DNA cannot under any circumstances cause derivative/causative problems for the animal on the higher rung of the food chain.	SurferJoe46 (51)
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