From: Ileia Danneman [ileialight@lisco.com]
Sent: Monday, March 26, 2001 12:52 PM
To: FDADOCKETS@oc.fda.gov
Subject: Genetic Engineering

To Whom it may concern:

Re:  Genetic Engineering 

I could make all the same comments regarding the reasons to take a precautionary stand on Genetic Engineering....but I think I will give you a reason you have probably never heard before:

Paraphrase Maharish Mahesh Yogi who is the Great Indian Saint who brought Transcendental Meditation to this country and the world:

"...Tell them if they eat Genetically Engineered foods that their lives will be severly shortened....so tell them to meditate with the little time they have left on the planet."

He also said recently something about eating this food would put holes in the brain.  Sounds much like the violation of nature that has resulted in the Mad Cow Disease.

Eileen Dannemann, 408 East Adams, Fairfield, Iowa 52556

* The FDA must require mandatory pre-market comprehensive 

environmental review. Unlike conventional pollutants, 

where a given amount of pollutant causes a limited amount 

of damage, a small number of mutant genes could have a 

population explosion and reproduce forever, causing 

unlimited and irreparable damage.

* The FDA must require mandatory pre-market long-term health 

testing. GE products could be toxic, cause allergic 

responses, have lower nutritional value, and compromise 

immune responses in consumers.

* The FDA must require mandatory labeling of GE products. 

Without mandatory labeling, neither consumers nor health 

professionals will know if an allergic or toxic reaction 

was the result of a genetically engineered food. Consumers 

would be deprived of the critical knowledge needed to hold 

food producers liable should any of these novel products 

be hazardous.