Re: Do you really know what you're eating?

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Forwarding the attached - worthwhile info.

Jan Patenaude, RD, CLT

In a message dated 3/24/2008 9:37:58 A.M. Mountain Daylight Time,

action@... writes:

Dear Jan,

Drug-laced corn flakes for breakfast? Fried chicken made from

poultry raised on penicillin for dinner? Do we really know what

we're eating? Has the way America produces food gotten out of

control?

Biotech companies are planting fields of corn, rice, and other

food crops genetically engineered to grow drugs, hormones,

plastics, and chemicals. Antibiotics are being fed to food

animals that are not sick. These practices can have devastating

consequences for our health, environment, and economy.

How much do you know about the foods that line your kitchen

shelves? Click here to take our short quiz:

http://ucsaction.org/ct/fpSR71d1-4xD/

It will take strong government oversight and active citizen

participation to keep our food safe. It will take the expertise,

experience, and leadership of the Union of Concerned Scientists.

And it will take the help of people like you.

UCS is spearheading the charge to:

:: Increase public awareness about practices that threaten our

health and the safety of our food;

:: Ban the genetic engineering of food crops grown outdoors for

the production of pharmaceutical and industrial chemicals;

:: Pass legislation prohibiting the non-therapeutic use of

antibiotics in animal agriculture;

:: Promote practical, modern, ways of producing food that

maximize productivity and produce healthier animals and

meat--all without damaging our soil, our water, and our air; and

:: Fight for your right to know what's in the foods you're

eating by improving food labeling laws.

You can help our efforts by taking our short quiz and testing

your own food knowledge. Then help us raise awareness about

these issues by passing the quiz along to your friends and

family. Together, we can really know what we're eating--and be

confident that it's safe for us, our families, and for our

planet.

Click here to start the quiz now:

http://ucsaction.org/ct/fpSR71d1-4xD/

Sincerely,

Knobloch

President

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