Comments on: Let Me Clarify

By: Avitable

Avitable — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:41:01 +0000

Typically your posts leave me hanging, but this one mooooved me. .-= Avitable´s last blog ..If a Hilly drinks and there's nobody around, is she still drunk? =-.

By: marilyn

marilyn — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 02:39:19 +0000

Since the cows naturally (I mean without any kind of injections or anything) have some hormone, it's hard to say how they could even test for it. I actually think the easiest way to know for sure is to buy milk directly from a small farmer you know, or get your own cor or goat, which I always wanted to do... but haven't managed so far. The chemicals in the plastics and the pesticides that end up in everything are even scarier, and I actually went to grad school in environmental toxicology. The scientists are not encouraged to investigate our food safety. I know I was most emphatically discouraged from it. .-= marilyn´s last blog ..Breast Cancer Conundrum =-.

By: Janna

Janna — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 02:33:25 +0000

Thoughts:

(1) I wasn’t aware that it was possible/legal/ethical to make a Pirates Of The Caribbean reference without also mentioning Johnny Depp. (tsk, tsk.)

(2) With the inexplicable exception of artificial sweeteners, I try not to worry too much about what chemicals are in my food. (*shrug*)

(3) Like you, I also hate it when asterisks are used to hide “the rest of the story”. I’m also amused that you used it as a verb:
Janna: “So, Whall, how was your day today?”
Whall: “Not so good. I got asterisked twice when I least expected it, and now I’m going to be walking funny for awhile.”
Janna: “Oh. Sorry to hear that. So, if you’re not gonna eat that, can I have it?”
Whall: “Sure, go ahead. It has no growth hormones. No artificial ones, anyway. As far as we know. Or so the farmers think.”

(4) I’d say more, but I have to go console Johnny Depp now.
.-= Janna´s last blog ..Have the plunger ready, just in case =-.

By: Sybil Law

Sybil Law — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:24:32 +0000

I've been a complete skeptic since right around high school. That's probably kind of sad but honestly - people lie, deceive and do a lot more things all in the name of money/ greed/ power. GAH. Also, I drink organic milk and certain kinds really are full of manure about what they do and don't do. .-= Sybil Law´s last blog ..Buzzed Posting =-.

By: Kris B

Kris B — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:01:37 +0000

That was an udderly interesting post.

By: Finn

Finn — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:40:23 +0000

We're all going to have to go back to farming for ourselves. Which means I'm becoming a vegetarian. *sigh* .-= Finn´s last blog ..500 Words =-.

By: Dave2

Dave2 — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:04:33 +0000

If you REALLY want to make your testicles shrink in terror... start reading about GMO... genetically-modified foods. The speculation as to what this crap might be doing to our bodies is truly the stuff nightmares are made of. .-= Dave2´s last blog ..Bullet Sunday 157 =-.