Mass medication - our daily bread

[doc]

I actually heard that its called "frolic" acid by the older chaps.

try it out on Maha and let me know

[Usarka]

I actually heard that its called "frolic" acid by the older chaps.

try it out on Maha and let me know

Just don't mistake it for bollick flacid.

[Ixion]

Because there's a lot of stupid people here that might 'accidently' get pregnant and not think (ha) to take folic acid.

..

AND... the politicians say they can't say no. Rubbish. ...

Hang about, hang about. Maybe I misunderstood.

D'y' mean that if chicks eat this folicated bread, then they get so they can't say no ?

In that case I'm all for it.

[Dave Lobster]

D'y' mean that if chicks eat this folicated bread, then they get so they can't say no ?

Likely to be the sort that you have to roll around in (folicated) flour first to find the right hole. (one that isn't just a roll of KFC induced lard)

[nosebleed]

I heard that Folic Acid in bread can neutralise the effect of Chemotherapy.

And it also gives you man boobs.
(I made one of those two up)

Jesus, looking at my mannories this shits been going on for years!

Hah, we can tell the US to stick their nuclear ships up their arse, but we pander to the ex-cons accross the ditch

[Ixion]

Bugger. Thought that was too good to be true.

In that case, I'm back to being agin it.

And as I'm too old to get pregnant, I want a discount on my bread henceforth.

[Mom]

Jesus, looking at my mannories this shits been going on for years!

Hah, we can tell the US to stick their nuclear ships up their arse, but we pander to the ex-cons accross the ditch!

Indeed

Want to know what is worse? It was the Labour government that signed this agreement (no doubt ably assisted by the greens).

Our new government, you know the changed one? Well they are the ones allowing this to happen. I think I must walk away from the PC now, for I fear my other fu fu valve is going to explode

They are all the same

[mowgli]

They are all the same

...and the fcukers keep getting away with it

Mr. Prosser: Do you know how much damage this bulldozer would sustain if I just let it roll over you?
Arthur: How much?
Mr. Prosser: None at all.

[nosebleed]

Interestingly though, Sue Kedgley (Greens) on Sundays Q+A was stalwartly against the move

http://tvnz.co.nz/q-and-a-news/q-pau...-15-32-2839686

SUE It is a very interesting issue for many reasons, one of them is food sovereignty, what the Minister's saying, she thinks it's a terrible decision, she's concerned about the health effects, but she says we have to go ahead because of some silly treaty with Australia, and by the way in that Canberra based organisation the Minister was talking about, and the Ministerial Council New Zealand has one vote out of ten, so what she's saying is we've lost our sovereignty. If she was the government and she'd made the decision, or the previous government had made the decision she would revoke it, but she can't. Now the other thing is the Minister cannot say, cannot assure New Zealanders that it is safe, because new evidence has emerged and quite recently, some of it since we signed the standard which says that pre cancerous tumours and cells may have their growth accelerated if you give them folic acid. Now back 40 years ago they gave folic acid in an experiment to children with leukaemia and they found to their horror that it had increase leukaemia.

[NinjaNanna]

Storm in a tea cup really.

Let due process run its course - its a bitch sure, but I somehow doubt the media will let this one go.

If the Minister for food saftey still doesn't do the review and act upon it - then we jump up and down real loud and long.

She seemed genuine enough on the television last night and we should give her the chance to do her job properly.

[Hitcher]

How say you guys?

I'm conflicted on this. Part of me says that people should have to take control of their own lives, but that would only be OK if they had to accept the full consequences of their own actions or lack of actions.

Part of me says that where their is an overwhelming societal benefit (e.g. vaccination, iodisation of salt and flouridation of drinking water), then mass medication should be encouraged.

Initiatives like adding folic acid to bread seem to fall between the two poles of my confliction. Not everybody who needs folate eats bread, and a lot of people who don't need folate do.

I'm also conflicted on this one because the Green Party says it's a bad idea, and I find myself agreeing with them. And that just isn't right.

[mowgli]

Interestingly though, Sue Kedgley (Greens) on Sundays Q+A was stalwartly against the move.

For a moment there Sue Kedgley rose in my estimation... that moment has well passed. The Greens are scary!

[Motu]

You guys should not eat bread, unless you have made it yourself.

For years I ground my own flour,and baked my own bread everyday - now one of my daughters bakes the same bread everyday because that's how she grew up.I think she has my flour mill too....maybe we should start grinding our own flour again too.

I'm glad I never turned in my hippy ways for money....in this day and age,growing and making your own food is a handy skill.

[ManDownUnder]

Question... where does one get this folic acid free wheat/flour... stuff...?

[ynot slow]

The thing with folic acid and spina bifida(sp)is any lady PLANNING pregnancy can take folic acid pills 1 mth prior to conception,the key word is planning folks.Also the amount of these births is under 20 per year.

The minister for food safety was adament there was nothing we could do until at least a month after the introduction of folic acid in bread,then the cost of printing bags etc means bakers will have spend money on bags they can't use,as it seems she is going to check it out at next conferance in Aussie in September.

Not often I agree with Greens and Holmes,but they made sense,England and Ireland are happy to wait out till further tests prove carcenogenic is ill proven.The stupid minister for food safety also thinks it isn't a good thing personally,but is hamstruck by working with Aussie.