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To: Grainne who wrote (21421)	5/8/1998 3:12:00 PM
From: LoLoLoLita	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

>>He told me that if cancer developed, it would probably be >>within a specific ten-year period in my adult life--I believe >>it was 35-45, but I am not certain. I was ten when I had the >>first surgery on my hip. Christine, I can't deny the truth of what you say. But I believe that if such a statement were made today to a 10-year-old child, it could be considered malpractice, due to it being scientifically inaccurate, as well as causing wholly unnecessary alarm and fears. It seems credible that such a statement would have extremely deleterious effects for the remainder of that child's life. David P.S. Good News from the USDA (not FDA as I said before) on "Organic": they will be issuing a SECOND PROPOSED RULE for public comment. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Politics Updated 2:23 PM ET May 8, 1998 USDA bows to public opinion on organic food WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In a bow to an impressive outpouring of public opinion, the U.S. Agriculture Department said Friday that it will not allow food products made from genetically-modified crops or treated with irradiation to be labeled "organic." "If organic farmers and consumers reject our national standards we have failed," U.S. Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman said in a prepared statement explaining the department's decision. Crops grown in biosolids, or sludge, will also not be allow to carry the organic label. Since the Agriculture Department released its organic standards proposal in December it has received a record 200,000 public comments - most of them opposed to including products of biotechnology, the use of food irradiation and the application of biosolids in organic food production. Those practices are "safe and have important roles to play in agriculture, but they neither fit current organic practices nor meet consumer expectations about organics, as the comments made clear," Glickman said. "USDA is committed to developing national organic standards that organic farmers and consumers will embrace." USDA will wade through the 200,000 public comments before publishing a revised organic standard proposal later this year. Once again, that proposal - which Glickman said will contain fundamental changes from the first draft - will be subject to public comment. "This additional opportunity... will assist us in crafting rigorous, credible national standards for organic farming and handling that organic farmers and consumers can support," Glickman said.