Why Oppose Cloned Food?
Putting aside all ethical, moral and social issues, the simple answer is that we dont need cloned food. As a nation plagued by lifestyle related illnesses, we are already confronted with a broken food production system. There is something startlingly perverse about a government agency — part of the executive branch of government headed by an elected public servant, and regulated by elected members of congress — that colludes with huge companies to actively prevent people from knowing what they’re putting in their bodies. The FDAs track record on their decision making speaks for itself. We simply dont have a functional government agency in which we can feel confident that its decisions are based on hard science and irrefutable facts. The FDA is the same agency that approved GMOs into our food supply. The same agency recklessly and irresponsibly approved the use of rBGH (recombinant Bovine Growth Hormone) in dairy cows, which now is known to produce health problems, including breast an
