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To: BDR who wrote (5889)	1/6/2000 2:34:00 AM
From: Dale Baker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10293

Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO's) have been a very contentious issue in US-European relations for a while now. I have friends who work the issue and know more about GMO's than they ever wanted to. You are right - the evil FEMA conspiracy to declare martial law will be replaced by the Archer Daniels Midland plot to undermine our genetic structure. Anyone remember Keenan Wynn's famous comments about fluoridated water in "Dr. Strangelove"?

To: BDR who wrote (5889)	1/6/2000 10:41:00 AM
From: BDR	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10293

This could make shorting outright frauds more difficult: newsday.com Limits Eased on Supplement Claims WASHINGTON (AP) -- The government eased some restrictions on dietary supplements Wednesday, saying the products can legally claim to treat a variety of symptoms -- from morning sickness to memory loss -- that are considered common passages of life. ... The FDA proposed in 1998 that supplements cannot even imply that they diagnose, treat, prevent or cure a disease or definitive disease symptom. But the agency received thousands of letters, from the supplements industry and consumers, complaining that was too strict. So Wednesday, the FDA relented a little: Supplements will be allowed to claim to help ``common conditions' associated with ``passages of life' such as pregnancy, menopause, adolescence and aging -- but clear diseases and serious symptoms are still off-limits. That means supplements could claim to ease ordinary morning sickness or the common leg swelling of late pregnancy, but not toxemia or other serious pregnancy complications. They could claim to treat teen-age acne and menopausal hot flashes. They could claim to treat muscle pain -- but not joint pain because that's a classic symptom of arthritis, clearly a disease. They could claim to treat "mild memory loss associated with aging"-- but not real dementia.