were not properly measuring student proficiency, released results Wednesday showing that more than half of New York City students were failing to meet state standards in reading, at a time when Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg boasted that more that more than two-thir
New York State education officials, admitting that the state's annual tests were not properly measuring student proficiency, released results Wednesday showing that more than half of New York City students were failing to meet state standards in reading, at a time when Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg boasted that more that more than two-thirds of city's students were reading at grade level.
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
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.