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Michele B.

Why Aren't GMO Foods Labeled? - 0 views

  • there has been cross-breeding of natural crops and species with those that have been genetically engineered
  • G.E. alfalfa cross-pollinates organic alfalfa, that alfalfa is no longer organic; if a G.E. salmon egg is fertilized by a wild salmon, or a transgenic fish escapes into the wild and breeds with a wild fish
  • the biotech industry has spent over half a billion dollars on G.M.O. lobbyists in the last decade
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  • an older ABC poll found that a majority of Americans believe that G.M.O.’s are unsafe, even more say they’re less likely to buy them, and a more recent CBS/NYT poll found a whopping 87 percent — you don’t see a poll number like that too often — wants them labeled.
  • A majority of our food already contains G.M.O.’s, and there’s little reason to think more isn’t on the way. It seems our “regulators” are using us and the environment as guinea pigs, rather than demanding conclusive tests.
Keith Dennison

http://edudemic.com/2010/07/the-35-best-web-2-0-classroom-tools-chosen-by-you/ - 0 views

shared by Keith Dennison on 14 Jul 11 - No Cached
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    Another broad view and food for thought regarding Web 2.0 in the classroom
Marita Glowacki

History of PEZ candy, collectable dispensers, patent numbers, terms and definitions - 0 views

  • PEZ was invented in 1927 in Vienna, Austria by a candyman named Edward Haas III. Edward Haas came up with the idea for this new peppermint candy. It was an adult breath mint that he decided to market as an alternative for smoking. Haas Food Manufacturing Corporation of Vienna, Austria, was the first to sell PEZ candies. Back then, PEZ, the brick-shaped candies were carried around in pocket tins
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    History of Pez
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