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Stop Cloned Food - Act Today!
Target: U.S. SenateSponsored by: Care2
After a cursory review, the Food and Drug Administration is poised to allow milk and meat from cloned animals into the food supply, without any labeling. Clones could soon be the food on your table, and you would never know it.
A majority of cloned animals never make it to adulthood due to birth defects and disease. Most sicken and die before they reach their first birthday. With weak immune systems, they contract infections requiring antibiotic treatment. Overuse of antibiotics already contributes to the rise of antibiotic resistant strains.
But we have a chance to make the FDA reconsider. A proposed amendment to the Farm Bill would keep cloned food off the market until the FDA fully considers some of the things you care about -- safety, animal health and public health.
Tell your Senators to support the Mikulski amendment to the Farm Bill -- because cloned food should be proven safe for humans and animals before it's on our tables!
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# 27,250:
10:46 am PST, Jan 17,
Linda Clave, Massachusetts
# 27,249:
10:43 am PST, Jan 17,
Name not displayed, Massachusetts
There have been no long-term studies about the effects of consuming cloned food products. The FDA would never allow that for any of the drugs they put out, why should FOOD be any different? Until long-term studies are done on cloned food products, they should not be put on the market.
There have been no long-term studies about the effects of consuming cloned food products. The FDA would never allow that for any of the drugs they put out, why should FOOD be any different? Until long-term studies are done on cloned food products, they should not be put on the market.
# 27,248:
10:36 am PST, Jan 17,
Diane Collins, Tennessee
# 27,247:
10:25 am PST, Jan 17,
Fred Harris, California
# 27,246:
10:11 am PST, Jan 17,
Renee Martin, Pennsylvania
Government has gone to far. Does anyone care about what the american voters want??
Government has gone to far. Does anyone care about what the american voters want??
# 27,245:
10:06 am PST, Jan 17,
Meranda Mosher, Pennsylvania
Very inappropriate! It needs further testing. This is still VERY new technology and the it may not be stable. *Everything* should be labeled properly -- this is so new that you should warn people that have concerns about this! You should NOT hide things from the public such as this.
Very inappropriate! It needs further testing. This is still VERY new technology and the it may not be stable. *Everything* should be labeled properly -- this is so new that you should warn people that have concerns about this! You should NOT hide things from the public such as this.
# 27,244:
10:04 am PST, Jan 17,
Emmanuelle Rosenthal, New Jersey
I want to know what I'm putting into my body! Stop messing around with nature.
I want to know what I'm putting into my body! Stop messing around with nature.
# 27,243:
9:58 am PST, Jan 17,
M.A. Baumgardner, Pennsylvania
# 27,242:
9:55 am PST, Jan 17,
Debra Howard, Ohio
# 27,241:
9:55 am PST, Jan 17,
Donna Bookheimer, Pennsylvania
# 27,240:
9:53 am PST, Jan 17,
Annie Survis, Minnesota
# 27,239:
9:48 am PST, Jan 17,
Carrie Ciardullo, Illinois
# 27,238:
9:46 am PST, Jan 17,
Vicky Scheidler, New Mexico
We should be able to choose what we eat.
We should be able to choose what we eat.
# 27,237:
9:46 am PST, Jan 17,
Gena Carver, Louisiana
# 27,236:
9:42 am PST, Jan 17,
Yelitza Azua, Florida
# 27,235:
9:38 am PST, Jan 17,
Phillip Figueiredo, Pennsylvania
# 27,234:
9:36 am PST, Jan 17,
Laurie Braaten, Illinois
# 27,233:
9:36 am PST, Jan 17,
Christine Phang Sang, Florida
It is just sick. It has not been tested long enough and frankly makes me uncomfortable. If you really want to do this at least label it so we can make our own choice whether we want to eat it or not.
It is just sick. It has not been tested long enough and frankly makes me uncomfortable. If you really want to do this at least label it so we can make our own choice whether we want to eat it or not.
# 27,232:
9:35 am PST, Jan 17,
Sue Dziadaszek, Florida
# 27,231:
9:32 am PST, Jan 17,
Vera Nicholsonv, Indiana
# 27,230:
9:32 am PST, Jan 17,
David G Brame, Iowa
# 27,229:
9:31 am PST, Jan 17,
Jennafer Engelstein, New York
# 27,228:
9:31 am PST, Jan 17,
T Kelly, Michigan
It is not heallthy for us. Stop trying to experiment with our lives.
It is not heallthy for us. Stop trying to experiment with our lives.
# 27,227:
9:27 am PST, Jan 17,
Linda Torres, California
# 27,226:
9:27 am PST, Jan 17,
Lisa Wehner, Florida
# 27,225:
9:26 am PST, Jan 17,
Faith P. Robinson, Michigan
Cloned Food in not created by God, it is engineered by man. It is not safe to eat.
Cloned Food in not created by God, it is engineered by man. It is not safe to eat.
# 27,224:
9:22 am PST, Jan 17,
Misty McLeod, Oklahoma
I DON'T want to eat or drink from a cloned animal.
I DON'T want to eat or drink from a cloned animal.
# 27,223:
9:21 am PST, Jan 17,
Kelly Dombek, Ohio
# 27,222:
9:19 am PST, Jan 17,
Sandra Winn, Texas
# 27,221:
9:19 am PST, Jan 17,
VERNA NILA, California
WHY SHOULDN'T I ?
WHY SHOULDN'T I ?
# 27,220:
9:17 am PST, Jan 17,
Jenine Chiles, Illinois
# 27,219:
9:02 am PST, Jan 17,
Lori Anderson, Alaska
# 27,218:
9:00 am PST, Jan 17,
Carrie Craig, Washington
# 27,217:
9:00 am PST, Jan 17,
Carol Dillie, Kansas
# 27,216:
8:59 am PST, Jan 17,
Caroline Arles, Oklahoma
# 27,215:
8:58 am PST, Jan 17,
Name not displayed, Ohio
What next...stop cloning...you are messing with things that should not be messed with and our children will end up paying for this mistake.
What next...stop cloning...you are messing with things that should not be messed with and our children will end up paying for this mistake.
# 27,214:
8:58 am PST, Jan 17,
Thelma J. Mitchell, Michigan
Animals do not need to be cloned. Especially animals that are used as meat for food on our tables.
Animals do not need to be cloned. Especially animals that are used as meat for food on our tables.
# 27,213:
8:58 am PST, Jan 17,
Wanda DeTalente, Kentucky
This country is using alternitive metheds of producing food and we are having far too many health problems due to all the additives. We need to get back to good old fashioned methods of producing our food and milk.
This country is using alternitive metheds of producing food and we are having far too many health problems due to all the additives. We need to get back to good old fashioned methods of producing our food and milk.
# 27,212:
8:57 am PST, Jan 17,
Jena Ruzich, Illinois
# 27,211:
8:57 am PST, Jan 17,
Diane Cortina, California
Things like this are why we end up with diseases like mad cow.
Things like this are why we end up with diseases like mad cow.
# 27,210:
8:55 am PST, Jan 17,
Sandra Sato, California
True to form, the FDA once more is not paying attention to the products they are intent on allowing into the marketplace. First, consider cost of a cloned product. It is not cheaper than the "real deal." It is far more expensive to produce products from cloned animals. That will have a direct impact on the price of the product on the shelf and if the FDA goes one step further and permits companies producing cloned products to waive the label denoting it is a cloned product, the consumer will have no knowledge as to the type of product being consumed. Ergo, if a consumer is adamant about not consuming cloned foods or beverages, he/she will not know that is just what they are doing. Second, the FDA is ignoring the results of health and disease of animals that have already been cloned. Everything I have read (so far) clearly indicates that cloned animals do not live as long due to accelerated diseases, e.g., arthritis - diseases which would become evident in older non-cloned animals. Yet, the FDA is willing to pass the products of these animals - meat or milk - onto the unknowing public. I truly believe chances are being taken with the consumer and the consumer is, for all intents and purposes, being used as a guinea pig. Does anyone out there remember "Soylent Green?" Of course, what FDA is trying to push onto the consumer is not at that stage. Just as in the case of aspartame and other products that, I believe, were not tested long enough, cloned foods and beverages SHOULD NOT be allowed to be sold. If they are permitted, the product should be CLEARLY LABELED as a cloned product. Consumers have a right and a responsibility to know exactly what they are ingesting into their bodies.
True to form, the FDA once more is not paying attention to the products they are intent on allowing into the marketplace. First, consider cost of a cloned product. It is not cheaper than the "real deal." It is far more expensive to produce products from cloned animals. That will have a direct impact on the price of the product on the shelf and if the FDA goes one step further and permits companies producing cloned products to waive the label denoting it is a cloned product, the consumer will have no knowledge as to the type of product being consumed. Ergo, if a consumer is adamant about not consuming cloned foods or beverages, he/she will not know that is just what they are doing. Second, the FDA is ignoring the results of health and disease of animals that have already been cloned. Everything I have read (so far) clearly indicates that cloned animals do not live as long due to accelerated diseases, e.g., arthritis - diseases which would become evident in older non-cloned animals. Yet, the FDA is willing to pass the products of these animals - meat or milk - onto the unknowing public. I truly believe chances are being taken with the consumer and the consumer is, for all intents and purposes, being used as a guinea pig. Does anyone out there remember "Soylent Green?" Of course, what FDA is trying to push onto the consumer is not at that stage. Just as in the case of aspartame and other products that, I believe, were not tested long enough, cloned foods and beverages SHOULD NOT be allowed to be sold. If they are permitted, the product should be CLEARLY LABELED as a cloned product. Consumers have a right and a responsibility to know exactly what they are ingesting into their bodies.
# 27,209:
8:54 am PST, Jan 17,
Arvella Johnson, Ohio
# 27,208:
8:53 am PST, Jan 17,
Lori Pritsky, Florida
# 27,207:
8:52 am PST, Jan 17,
Name not displayed, Michigan
My concern is that the "cloned" food is not being approved by our FDA which is a very, very big mistake should in the future the "cloned foods" cause more havock than our approved food.
My concern is that the "cloned" food is not being approved by our FDA which is a very, very big mistake should in the future the "cloned foods" cause more havock than our approved food.
# 27,206:
8:52 am PST, Jan 17,
D. Eischens, Texas
We don't need cloned foods in our grocery stores. It's bad enough with the additives that are in our foods now as it is. The American people will be in trouble with their health if this keeps going on. So NO! with CLONED FOODS And ADDITIVES to our FOODS!!!
We don't need cloned foods in our grocery stores. It's bad enough with the additives that are in our foods now as it is. The American people will be in trouble with their health if this keeps going on. So NO! with CLONED FOODS And ADDITIVES to our FOODS!!!
# 27,205:
8:49 am PST, Jan 17,
Michelle Prasser, Maryland
# 27,204:
8:48 am PST, Jan 17,
Brandy Davis, Florida
# 27,203:
8:47 am PST, Jan 17,
Elaine Lite, North Carolina
# 27,202:
8:41 am PST, Jan 17,
Jerry Barnett, California
# 27,201:
8:37 am PST, Jan 17,
Lorraine Cimoch, Pennsylvania