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To: Valpal1
that they eat a high percentage of organic fruits and vegetables,

Practically zero chance of that since organic foods are significantly more expensive and used by only a small percentage of any population. They'd have to seek out women who used organic produce to have such a study group. And Bt is probably not used on fruit and most vegetables other than the cabbage family. It's used mostly against leaf chewing insects that attack the cabbage family of vegetables.

71 posted on 05/26/2011 11:24:07 AM PDT by Will88
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You ever been to Montreal or been a pregnant woman? I’ve done both. I can tell you right now that pregnant women are the population most likely to choose perceived quality and safety over cost considerations (and their perceptions will not necessarily be rational).

I can also tell you that Montreal is a liberal greenie enclave full of birkenstock types that think like pregnant women.


77 posted on 05/26/2011 11:36:18 AM PDT by Valpal1 ("No clever arrangement of bad eggs ever made a good omelet." ~ C.S. Lewis)
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To: Will88

This study was done on 30 pregnant women and 30 non pregnant women and there was a significant difference in detectable levels of the Bt toxin in the two groups 93% vs 69 percent.

The levels of GM food in the general food supply for both groups would be similar if not identical so it’s pretty obvious that the pregnant women were making some different food choices than the non pregnant women.

What might that be, corn chips and soda pop or organic leafy greens?


81 posted on 05/26/2011 11:46:32 AM PDT by Valpal1 ("No clever arrangement of bad eggs ever made a good omelet." ~ C.S. Lewis)
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