Comments on: Safety at the Speed of Life- Blog 2 http://leavittpartners.com/blog/safety-at-the-speed-of-life-blog-2/ Mon, 19 Jul 2010 19:34:39 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Will Birge, D.O. http://leavittpartners.com/blog/safety-at-the-speed-of-life-blog-2/comment-page-1/#comment-790 Will Birge, D.O. Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000 http://leavittpartners.com/uncategorized/safety-at-the-speed-of-life-blog-2/#comment-790 <p>Excellent points all. <br />Fresh fruit, veggies and flowers pour into NYC from any of 8 Central/South American Countries and Mexico. DDT is sold and used overseas, The Asian Longhorned Beetle has invaded, Asian Tiger Mosquito "jumped the Pacific" because of increased tanker speed from the Pacific Rim Countries to our Eastern Shore, lead in toothpaste, et. al. <br />Any rightminded efforts to monitor this trade will by it's nature restrict it, at least the worst of it. <br />Produce by it's nature is difficult to track from country of origin to US, yet, it would seem that this is an essential part of guarding our food supply. Seems as if now Salmonella has gone from sweet tomatos to hot peppers. E. Coli from spanich to...?<br />Would the US consumer be genuinely shortchanged if ALL the different fruits were not available? Probably they would cope. <br />Keep up the good work.</p><p><br />All the best,</p><p></p><p><br />Will</p> Excellent points all.
Fresh fruit, veggies and flowers pour into NYC from any of 8 Central/South American Countries and Mexico. DDT is sold and used overseas, The Asian Longhorned Beetle has invaded, Asian Tiger Mosquito “jumped the Pacific” because of increased tanker speed from the Pacific Rim Countries to our Eastern Shore, lead in toothpaste, et. al.
Any rightminded efforts to monitor this trade will by it’s nature restrict it, at least the worst of it.
Produce by it’s nature is difficult to track from country of origin to US, yet, it would seem that this is an essential part of guarding our food supply. Seems as if now Salmonella has gone from sweet tomatos to hot peppers. E. Coli from spanich to…?
Would the US consumer be genuinely shortchanged if ALL the different fruits were not available? Probably they would cope.
Keep up the good work.

All the best,

Will

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