Japanese Consumers Will Not Accept GM Food

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Dave-O — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 21:44:25 GMT

Now, they need to get their heads straight about the oceans and life in them... Japanese slaughter ocean life at and incredible rate... for example cutting fins off the shark then letting it drown by dropping it back in the ocean...

If you want to suggest that the Japanese are more intelligent people in general, the above alone contradicts that; however, every bit of energy used to fight the chem companies could be looked at with some respect.

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rajsanand — Tue, 05 May 2009 17:16:38 GMT

This is surprising, someone tell them that MSG is bad. The Japanese are feeding the entire world with MSG

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AndrewGreen — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 12:59:32 GMT

I agree with darlusz - MSG is in everything Japanese, it seems to me, including a 'stock powder', which contained salt, sugar, MSG AND NOTHING ELSE!

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sobber — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 15:43:03 GMT

japaneese are smart to refuse gmo but not smart enough to not to eat msg;most of the asian people think msg is natural and they put this poison in everything

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Alain - Australia — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 22:52:25 GMT

Thanks you for kepping on top of the GM debate.

In Australia, they are about to remove the moratorium on GM plantations.

The Japanese have visited, but some members of the governement have refused to received them, what a pitty!

I recommend you also read the book by Jeffrey M. Smith "Genetic Roulette". It is a very good scientific documentation of the Health risk of GM foods. It is presentaed in a very easy reading format ( left side summary, right side details) which all time poor readers will appreciate. Jeffrey also wrote the book "Seeds of Deception".

The Gene Ethics, the Australian anti Genetic group, has sent a copy to each of the Australian politicians to read. May be you could do the same in the USA, and asked them to ask their partners to read it too.

Then they do not have an excuse in the future to claim that they did not know!

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catuskan60 — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 05:06:40 GMT

That's strange! The Japanese eat everything else that has legs and moves, including cats and dogs.

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MadLadyofBrant — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 23:22:34 GMT

Give me a break...I don't think I'll be admiring the Japanese for a while. How can they turn up their noses at GM food and yet not think twice about slaughtering and eating toxic dolphins...not to mention anything else in the food chain below them, no matter if it's an endangered species (whale hunts for research?????). And aphrodiasiacs...look out bears and caribou! Nope...not a lot to admire there.....

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Niidji — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 22:34:07 GMT

The world in in dire need of following the Japanese in the eforts on GM foods. An easy to see GM product is the seedless anything. You can find them even in health food stores but any natural plant will have seeds. Next time you have a seedless orange or anything else seedless, try to picture what it is doing to you.

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schmaltztwics — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 16:32:31 GMT

ben61820,

Restaurants in Japan are wonderful compared with the average situation in the States, but "local and organic" ingredients? If only! There is an organic boom currently, but quality organic grocery stores and restaurants are rare.

"No pretension": Are we talking about the same country?

"No ideals": Maybe in the sense that appearance is favored over content.

"Good, wholesome food" is extremely difficult to come by. Most food is imported and, even more than local (generally hothouse) produce, is steeped in toxic chemicals. And GM food is not labeled as such, so people don't know that, for example, normal supermarket papaya all comes from Hawaii and it's GM.

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VerityPres — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 16:25:40 GMT

I have been studying GMOs, how they are made and their potetial affects on livestock since 1996. The anecdotal evidence that is being accumulated is alarming to say the least. We are seeing a high incidence of ulcers and intestinal problems in hogs when GMOs are fed to the hogs. There is also a reduction in conception rates due to GMOs. We will soon have visual evidence that shows the difference between the stomaches of hogs that are fed a diet of GMO grain and feed stuffs and conventional grain and feedstuffs raised in a biological farming program.When we complete gathering the evidence I will submit it to Dr. Mercola.

Howard Vlieger

President of Verity Farms

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Cheeky Monkey — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 15:38:10 GMT

This is nice, but I hate to break it that Japan has given us HFCS (the Japanese refined the formula), MSG, and much of their foods are laden with artificial colors and flavors just take a look at an Asian market. Maybe some of the Japanese people don't want GMO and that's fantastic, but we're taking about many of a people that get MSG noodle soups from vending machines. They are not shy of using technology to any advantage.

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tanya_marquette — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 08:54:37 GMT

buying local has become a major effort in an attempt to support small farms as well as provide a means to know your own food. not necessarily true. the non-organic farmers either do not know, do not care or lie. i live in a farm community. the standard farmers are very defensive about organic farming. i have been treated with same kind of condescension, lies, and hostility from farmers as received by the medical profession when asking questions about their products. and then there are the 'nice' ones who

grin in your face pleasantly but still lie or write off your concerns as silly or meaningless. so do not think

buying locally will offer any guarantee for real information. only the organic growers make it a point of pride to tell you that they do not use gmo seeds.

as for the japanese--yes!! we need to thank them for their bold effort and hope that will bring pressure to bear on other nations to cease this agricultural aberration in nature and health.

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Aus5 — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 07:07:43 GMT

Without doubt this GM crap is the greatest threat to civilisation today. I saw a presentation by Jeffrey Smith this week while he was in Australia and the images of animals after being fed this GM garbage were horrific.

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ben61820 — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 06:42:21 GMT

yes, it seems the Japanese just have such a more sensible approach to all things food than most of we do. i mean, almost every restaurant in Japan is wonderful. wonderful in that there is so much care and thought given to the preparation of what you are putting in your mouth. most ingredients are, very much by default, local and organic. its just the way most people are there. there is no pretension, no ideals, no anything other than the want to provide good, wholesome food to your partners.

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curious7 — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 06:26:14 GMT

Intelligent choice.