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People are talking
Why all GE foods
should be labeled
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YES ON 27
“Let Oregonians join
the growing global community”
Label genetically engineered foods
Countries that presently have existing bans
or mandatory labeling of genetically engineered foods:
Australia, Austria, Bolivia, Chili, China, Croatia, Czech Republic,
Ethiopia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Indonesia, Ireland,
Japan, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Saudi Arabia, Slovakia, Slovenia,
Spain, South Korea, Switzerland, United Kingdom
Countries proposing, or in the process of
enacting, laws to label genetically engineered foods:
Brazil, Hong Kong, Israel, Mexico, Russia
“Oregonians have the
right to know”
Public opinion surveys in foreign countries show
that a vast majority (including 98% in Canada) of those surveyed,
believe that genetically engineered food should be labeled. More
than three billion people live in countries with laws in place,
planned or proposed, to label or ban genetically engineered food.
- Why does America, which prides itself on
democratic values, keep its own citizens from having the right
to know how our food has been genetically altered.
- Why are some biotech companies and food industry
groups willing to spend millions of dollars to try to defeat this
initiative, which gives Oregon citizens the opportunity to make
informed choices?
Oregonians have the right to protect their
families and future from the potential unanticipated health effects
of genetically engineered foods.
Common sense says, “if a food product is safe,
nutritious, and environmentally friendly, why stop consumers from
having full disclosure of these experimental products”?
The United States, which produces over 70% of the
GE food globally, needs to have its citizenry take greater accountability
of the proliferation of these products.
- Please join the worlds’ growing concerns
about genetic engineered food.
- Help pass Measure 27 and let Oregon, again, be
a leader for the rest of our country.
- Oregon’s success will be heard and appreciated
throughout America and the rest of the world.
Exercise your democratic right and vote “Yes”
on Measure 27.
Mel Bankoff, President of Emerald Valley Kitchen
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