I consider opposing this irresponsible genetic experimentation so important that not only did I post about it on March 9th, I am now alerting you again. Please send this info to any friends like yourselves, who are concerned about this kind of experimentation.

I am linking you to a blog called HSI on the Spot, which says as follows towards the end of the article - I don't want you to miss this part! 

DO THIS TODAY - TOMORROW IS THE LAST DAY FOR COMMENTS

"We still have a chance to stop this dangerous experiment. The USDA is still accepting public comments, and will be through March 30, but they don’t make it easy. (In fact, they make it impossible to include a direct link!) But posting your opinion is worth the 60 seconds it takes to jump through the hoops:
1. Go to http://www.regulations.gov.
2. From the drop-down list next to “Agency*,” select ‘‘Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service,’’ then click on ‘‘Submit.’’ 3. In the Docket ID column, scroll down and select APHIS–2007–0006.  Click on the left-hand link. Then you can submit your own comment, view other public comments, and view all the supporting and related materials available electronically.

Please go to their website TODAY and post your comment before it’s too late. In fact, send this information to everyone you know – if we can get more people to post comments, there’s a better chance that someone at the USDA will actually pay attention!

Convenience - or the future of the human race?  Where would we be without those handy plastics to wrap our foods in - but previous scientific studies on humans have found that phthalates, found in such materials,  are associated with poor semen quality in men and subtle changes in the reproductive organs in baby boys. 

These changes are brought about by interfering with testosterone levels.  In this new study, Doctors theorized that since low testosterone is also implicated in obesity and syndrome X, there might be a connection with phthalates there, also.

And indeed - there is!

Packaging chemical linked to male fat and insulin resistance

It would be harder to imagine anything weirder and more unsettling than this.

Scientists at a company called  Ventria Bioscience have bio-engineered a strain of rice containing human genes found in  breast milk.  They present this as a disinterested (but profitable) way to control diarrhea in infants ...

However, the risks for our food chain and our health are incalculable.  What boggles the mind is that NOBODY KNOWS the exact consequences of this kind of manipulation, yet Government seems to be in accord before the ink is dry on the proposals.

Human Genes in Rice spark new GM row