Sales of Mexican Green Onions Plummet After U.S. Hepatitis Outbreak Traced to Northwestern Mexico

abcnews.go.com \ AP ^ | Nov. 25 2003

[Walkin Man]

So with NAFTA the US exports middle-class wage paying jobs and in return imports death in the form of hepatitis.

Just a few of the many "benefits" of free trade.

[ken5050]

The PR hired to spin the matter has a new sloagn..don't eat green onions..eat scallions...

[Protagoras]

Sales of Mexican green onions plunged after a hepatitis outbreak in the United States was traced to northwestern Mexico, forcing farmers in this valley to defend the safety of their produce and find ways to stay afloat financially. Many U.S. distributors are slashing orders, even though it hasn't been proved that Mexico was to blame for the outbreak.

These two statement seem to be contradictory.

[2banana]

And there is always green eggs and ham (and that is no joke if you have ever eaten in an Army mess hall).

[Protagoras]

Just a few of the many "benefits" of free trade.

If they paid higher tariffs would protectionism be the reason for the illnesses?

[Petronski]

Just one of the benefits of making fertilizer out of people poop.

[ClintonBeGone]

So with NAFTA the US exports middle-class wage paying jobs and in return imports death in the form of hepatitis. Just a few of the many "benefits" of free trade.

What labour union do you belong to? Let's hope the european or canadian consumers don't say the same thing next time a bottle of tylanol gets tampered with.

[ken5050]

I never heard the term "green onions" till I was 20..

[Hodar]

Just one of the benefits of making fertilizer out of people poop.

That was EXACTLY what I was thinking. Great minds, huh?

[warchild9]

It's one of the benefits of field laborers who relieve themselves near, or on, the crops.

[familyofman]

I can hear the refrains of "Green Onions" by Herb Albert & the Tijuana Brass playing in the background as Presidente Fox cries foul. We send you our poor, tired & downtrodden, plus Montezumas revenge at Chi Chis - what more can we do for you?

[You Gotta Be Kidding Me]

It's RACISM, I tell ya'. RACISM. There wouldn't be an outcry, if the farm workers didn't have brown skin. RACISM!!!

sarcasm-func.-off


;-)

[Walkin Man]

None. Do you have to be a member of a labor union to be for healthy, non-poisonous food?

If so where do I sign up?

[Enterprise]

"Sales of Mexican Green Onions Plummet After U.S. Hepatitis Outbreak Traced to Northwestern Mexico"

I'm shocked, just shocked.

[Walkin Man]

Yeah, no wonder the Mexican farmers can undersell us. Plenty of free "fertilizer" running in the ditches of third-world Mexico no doubt.

"Free Trade", gotta love it. (NOT)

[Prodigal Son]

I took his point to mean that things happen. Even in the US.

[.cnI redruM]

>>>>>>>>Sales of Mexican Green Onions Plummet After U.S. Hepatitis Outbreak Traced to Northwestern Mexico,

Further proof that the market works. Green onions from Mexico are now seen as an inferior good. People are probably avoiding British cattle after the mad cow outbreak as well...

[Prodigal Son]

I eat steak several times a week here.

[.cnI redruM]

Ah, but would you travel to Mexico and gorge on the dreaded, free trade green onions. Like drinking the tequila bottle down to the agave worm, eating the green onions would prove you were a manly man.

[Prodigal Son]

I don't think I would have any compunctions, no. No nation is immune to food poisoning. Things like this happen everywhere. I don't stop drinking Coke after they find a rat in one of the bottles. I didn't stop eating British Beef. I still go out to eat even though I can't see them prepare the food. It's just something everyone of us live with every day.