Good news

This is some real progress:

Health and environmental advocates have fought for years for a federal labeling program for genetically engineered food. Now, for the first time, their battle has bipartisan support in Congress.

On Wednesday, Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) and Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.) introduced the Genetically Engineered Food Right-To-Know Act, a bill whose nine cosponsors in the Senate include Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and whose 22 cosponsors in the House include Don Young (R-Alaska).

3 thoughts on “Good news

  1. Well, I hope it works, but we do have this Roberts Supreme Court which seems to view lies by corporations as being protected by the First Amendment….

    But, dang, it sure would be nice to have content labels actually tell us, well, oh, the contents of what we’re being offered.

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