Want McFrankenfries With That Burger?
I can't take any credit for the name, but I got an email the other day that McDonald's is considering a new genetically engineered potato that the FDA may soon approve for its french fries. The email reads: "GE foods have not been adequately tested, aren't labeled and are potentially unsafe. In the case of GE fries, that's a particular problem because they're marketed to children. But McDonald's can help keep GE potatoes off the market, because if they won't buy it, then farmers won't plant it." The email then goes on to note that McDonald's is the biggest buyer of American potatoes and if this goes through, there's no doubt that they soon will be part of the food our children eat when they go to the fast food franchise. So far, according to a Web site hoping to get people to unite and protest the upcoming FDA decision, more than 10,000 people have signed a petition to keep the McFrankenfries off the menu. My son and I don...