DERECHO A SABER: PRINCIPIO DEMOCRÁTICO?
ROTULADO DE OGMs:
Es inconcebible que un congresista de uno de los países adalides de la democracia republicana apoye un proyecto de ley para negar al pueblo el "derecho a saber". ENGLISH VERSION BELOW
CONGRESISTA DE EEUU ESPONSOREA UN PROYECTO DE LEY CONTRA EL ROTULADO DE OGM. (de un artículo en el boletín de la Organic Consumers Ass. ronniecummins@organicconsumers.org, Apr. 1, 2014)
El diputado republicano Mike Pompeo (Minnesota, USA) co-sponsorea un
proyecto de ley redactado por la gran industria alimenticia norteamericana para
evitar que las leyes fededrales y estatales requieran el rotulado de los
alientos transgénicos
“Aparecen cada día nuevas evidencias que implican a los alimentos contaminados con OGMs en una larga lista de enfermedades crónicas. Hasta que no se hagan ensayos independientes y completos acerca de la seguridad de esos alimentos sobre la salud humana, los consumidores deberían poder al menos evitar esos alimentos leyendo las etiquetas. Este proyecto de ley no solo evitaría el etiquetado de nuestros alimentos sino que atacaría el derecho constitucional de los estados de sancionar leyes de protección de la salud”. dijo Ronnie Cummins,de la dirección nacional de OCA.
La noticia sigue las pisadas de los comentarios de
la semana pasada de la Comisionado del FDA Margaret Hamburg de que ese
organismo planea completar una guía sobre el rotulado voluntario de OGMs, a pesar del crecente volumen de
evidencia científica que los OGMs y los agroquímicos requeridos por su cultivo son
potencialmente dañinos para la salud humana.
Artículo completo: http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_29663.cfm
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GMO LABELING:
It is inconceivable that a congressman of one of the leading country of the republican democracy would sponsor a bill to negate the peiople's "right to know".
US CONGRESSMAN SPONSORS BILL AGAINST GMO LABELING (from an article by Organic Consumers Ass. ronniecummins@organicconsumers.org,
Apr.
1, 2014)
Rep. Mike Pompeo (Minnesota, USA) co-sponsors a
bill, written by the junk food industry, that would preempt state and federal
laws mandating the labeling of genetically modified organisms in food. Consumers
should at the very least be able to avoid those foods by reading a label.
“More evidence surfaces every day implicating GMO-contaminated food in a long list of chronic illnesses. Until further, comprehensive, independent safety testing is done on the impact of GMOs on human health, consumers should at the very least be able to avoid those foods by reading a label. This proposed bill would not only keep labels off of our food, but it is a direct attack on states’ constitutional right to pass laws to protect public health.”, said Ronnie Cummins, national director of the OCA
“More evidence surfaces every day implicating GMO-contaminated food in a long list of chronic illnesses. Until further, comprehensive, independent safety testing is done on the impact of GMOs on human health, consumers should at the very least be able to avoid those foods by reading a label. This proposed bill would not only keep labels off of our food, but it is a direct attack on states’ constitutional right to pass laws to protect public health.”, said Ronnie Cummins, national director of the OCA
The news follows on the heels of last week’s comments by FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg that
the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) plans to finalize guidance on the
voluntary labeling of GMOs, despite the growing body of scientific evidence
that GMOs, and the chemicals required to grow GMO crops, are potentially
damaging to human health.
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