Interesting read:
http://oracletalk.com/10-foods...-s-banned-elsewhere/

probably the work of lobbiests

Basically a load of crap, especially the first one about the "dangers" of GE grains.

First off, most banned foods are simply too competitive for some countries with strong agricultural lobbies. It seldom has anything to do with documented health issuses. So rule number one is follow the money. Second, not a single one of these items was footnoted so you could fact check the topic.

Next, lies, damn lkies and statistics. 1700 people since 1998? Really? A little over 100 people per year in a country of over 300 million? That is statistcally invisible and as likely to be misdiagnosis as it is fact. Or a rare and severe allergy to something perfectly safe for the rest of the population like peanuts.

The problems with olestra were discovered and documented over decade ago and it has pretty much faded from the American market due to consumer backlash. Proctor & Gamble now sells it primarily as an industrial lubricant and paint additive.

I think is mostly a lazy writer or an editor with a dearth of material and up against a deadline with nothing real to write about.

Perhaps that ding dong should read about thalidomde and the FDA pharmacologist Frances Oldham Kelsey before he talks about things banned in the rest of the world.

It is proved that farm raised Salmon have high concentrates of mercury.I would not eat them or any chickens fed with antibiotics in their food(I raise my own)or any milk from cows fed rBGH.

I'm usually pretty immune to scare mongering.

But, on my own I have started getting a little concerned about the stuff they feed pen raised quail that I shoot on commercial preserves. I took the trouble to look up the ingredients...I'd prefer they use corn, but am told it'd be way too expensive.

Anyway, the GE objections are nonsense. If anything GE crops are necessary to assure food for the growing masses. The movement against GE is on the same credibility level as "climate change", the idea of a single meteor wiping out all the dinosaurs, ancient aliens, crop circles, 9/11 as "inside job" and other such Lib Dem delights.

I usually pay little attention to the unsubstantiated "facts" that sweep the internet. Having said that, I have long been a proponent of raising what my family eats and being careful about what we buy.

I like the taste of our fresh eggs better than anything I find in the stores. I have had all sorts of people comment on the taste. Psychosomatic? Maybe but I am happy. To each their own.

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Originally posted by OLBIKER:
It is proved that farm raised Salmon have high concentrates of mercury.I would not eat them or any chickens fed with antibiotics in their food(I raise my own)or any milk from cows fed rBGH.

But not anything like a lot of the wild lake trout in parts of Canada have...anywhere there was a paper mill or gold mine on the edge of a body of water such as a lake 30 years ago, there will be mercury pollution.

With modern regulation there is less mercury pollution, but there still is more than enough to be undesirable. And many fish from those lakes are purely and simply unsafe for long-term human consumption.

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Originally posted by OLBIKER:
It is proved that farm raised Salmon have high concentrates of mercury.I would not eat them . . .

Farm raised salmon also have significantly lower levels of Omega-3's.

Hey, if it's banned in Canada, must not be good for you.

Grizz

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Originally posted by MuskegMan:

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Originally posted by OLBIKER:
It is proved that farm raised Salmon have high concentrates of mercury.I would not eat them . . .

Farm raised salmon also have significantly lower levels of Omega-3's.

http://bc.ctvnews.ca/farmed-vs...h-is-better-1.485140

Grizz