Is it really? Putting a lobbyist who disregarded regulations and let food producers do whatever the fuck they wanted is what was really dumb and hs endangered our nation's food supply on multiple occasions.
Republicans: All propaganda. No patriotism. On Jan 30, 11:07 am, frankg <[email protected]> wrote: > Sorry Fritz, but this is just dumb. To put this into perspective I > offer the following *sample* of contaminated food problems that > occurred in just one year during the Clinton administration (not > attacking Clinton, he just happens to have been the president before > Bush); > > - A parasite, Cyclospora, on raspberries from Guatemala caused over > 1000 consumer illnesses all over the country and in Canada. > - E. coli poisoning outbreaks traced to lettuce caused at least 100 > consumer illnesses in three states. > - E. coli and Cryptosporidium poisoning from unpasteurized juice > products, including Odwalla juice, caused over 100 consumer illnesses > and one death in at least 5 states. > - 23 deaths were traced to one bacteria, Vibrio vulnificus, in raw > shellfish. > - Over 70 consumer illnesses from shellfish were traced to raw oysters > from Louisiana. In January 1997, in another major outbreak, over 400 > consumers became ill from oysters. > > Oddly enough, I don't recall that vast right wing conspiracy team ever > blaming Clinton for these problems. The truth of the matter is it's > impossible to police everyone, and these things will happen. It > usually turns out to be careless and indifferent producers who figure > they can take shortcuts and not get caught. Normally they do, until > someone gets hurt. > > Here's a quote from the same story, which was written in June 1997, > right in the middle of Clinton's presidency; > > "Last year, there was a bumper crop of food borne illnesses from FDA- > regulated foods," said Caroline Smith DeWaal, director of food safety > at the CSPI. "Years of inadequate funding have left FDA with a food > safety program that is little more than a recall agency for > contaminated foods." > > From a May 1997 report titled; "Scrambled Eggs: How a broken food > safety system let contaminated eggs become a national food poisoning > epidemic" (http://www.cspinet.org/reports/eggs.html) > > "The history of the federal government's failure to curb the > [Salmonella] epidemic illustrates the ineffectiveness of having > multiple government agencies responsible for regulating the same food. > The agencies were further hamstrung by a Congress that cut funding for > a pilot control program just as it was beginning to show results and > an industry that, except for producers in Pennsylvania, resisted > attempts to prevent egg contamination on the farm." > > This problem has existed for a loooong time. It's just a shame there > are still disingenuous people more interested in scoring political > points than addressing the problem. > > On Jan 30, 12:36 pm, Fritz_da_Cat <[email protected]> wrote: > > >http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/28/us/29Peanut.html?_r=1&8au&emc=au > > > Bush didn't protect us. He poisoned us. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
