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                                     Mary Estelle Minehan
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                                     Weatogue, CT 06089
                                        (860) 651-0652




9 March 2001                                  ._                            _

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5630 Fishers” Lane, Room 1061
Rockville, MD 20852                                                                  9

   Commissioner: _1~.
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        This letter is tp request a ban on genetically engineered foods: very z
simply, take them off thee-supermarket shelves.                                  G
        However, I do recognize the real wqrjlde-mphasis on profit and gain . -
regardless of potential negative environmental or health ”effectsuI especially 10%
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term. After a!!, over three quarters of the prescription drugs on the market have
not been sck?ntifj.icaJjy proven effective, but nonetheless make-many corporations
rich profits on sales.
        Barring a total ban, please:      .-
                l  influence a requirement that labeling identifies genetically
    modified ingredients in any amount within products;
                   demand pre-market testing to prove that ingestion of genetically
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    altered feeb for an&a& do.es~not:tr.~~“~~~.~~~~~~~~~~ly human
    consumption of meat&G&y;
              - l recognize and educate consumers, on possible detrimental.
    immediate and long term reactions. and d,~.e.ase.,states,should such products
    be sold; and,
                 l make it a necessity that producers of-such genetically modified
    research and products. prove that growth of test.a_nd/qrfeed*crops will have
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    no adverse effect~,o.n,.~~:v~~~~~~~~~-~t point in the food cl?ain.         x

Thank you for consideration of my concerns in this.mafter.                      _

Sincerely,
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