tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8003335.post5407319963308263704..comments2024-03-23T00:46:27.084+02:00Comments on Egyptian Chronicles: The Language of Numbers : A deliberate GenocideZeinobiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12290387395565291310noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8003335.post-40303237168631053472010-09-29T01:27:34.402+03:002010-09-29T01:27:34.402+03:00@Maryanne
cc: Jason
If you come across any Stella ...@Maryanne<br />cc: Jason<br />If you come across any Stella beer with larvae or insect eggs, kindly forward them to Jason with my compliments (he enjoys protein enriched beer) and send me the bill.<br />The Canadian.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8003335.post-7227874693663774002010-09-28T18:22:13.842+03:002010-09-28T18:22:13.842+03:00Thank you, Maryanne.
Your observation that it is ...Thank you, Maryanne.<br /><br />Your observation that it is the <em>pesticide sprayers</em> who are endangered is spot-on. Agricultural workers often have insufficient literacy to follow the pesticide instructions, and cannot afford protective clothing. It's a global problem, not a uniquely Egyptian one.<br /><br />There have always been insects, rodent droppings, etc., in the food supply. Hatshepsut ate bread and drank beer with insect eggs. It didn't hurt her and it won't hurt you.Jasonhttp://elnaschiewatch.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8003335.post-69246447336615019622010-09-28T10:23:26.836+03:002010-09-28T10:23:26.836+03:00Zenobia, I suspect that Jason probably has a good ...Zenobia, I suspect that Jason probably has a good point. I live out in the farming area of Giza and very few of my neighbours uses any pesticides other than sulphur powder (cabrit) because they can't afford them. I would be willing to guess that more deaths from pesticides occur among the people who are charged with spraying them than people who eat the produce. I'd bet my hat that no one using pesticides uses masks or makes sure that the dilutions are correct.<br /><br />As for beer, Stella has improved wildly since the 70's. In the mid-80's when we moved here it was customary to look closely at the bottles to be sure that there were no insect eggs included in the bottle. Haven't seen a bug egg in years and I doubt very much it's the formaldehyde.Maryanne Stroud Gabbanihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00858132776788616956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8003335.post-80461359443608464212010-09-26T23:57:56.947+03:002010-09-26T23:57:56.947+03:00@Jason
The brand of beer containing Cobalt salts w...@Jason<br />The brand of beer containing Cobalt salts was brewed in Quebec back in the sixties and the company is no longer in business.<br />Health Canada has banned the use of Cobalt salts in beer since the early seventies. <br />Canadian beer is imported throughout the world including metropolitan US cities unlike Seattle the armpit of the US. <br />A lot of my American friends prefer Canadian beer to your watered down piss,but in view of my kindness, I am willing to ship you some 1960 vintage Quebec beer to lighten up your life.<br />The Canadian.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8003335.post-81988673989538724692010-09-26T21:21:25.980+03:002010-09-26T21:21:25.980+03:00Hi Zeinobia,
Who does your phrase "a delibe...Hi Zeinobia, <br /><br />Who does your phrase "<em>a deliberate genocide</em>" in the title refer to? Who are the victims? Who are the perpetrators, and what is their motive?<br /><br />You said "<em>150,000-200, 000 get cancer annually because of Insecticides, the carcinogenic insecticides used in our vegetables and fruits !!</em>"<br /><br />Cancer killed <a href="http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=cancer+rate+in+egypt" rel="nofollow">38,728 Egyptians in 2002</a>. The current new cases cannot be as high as Dr. Hussein Khaled said. He's talking out his ass, and that's why he gave a huge range.<br /><br />The article did not attribute the absurd 150,000 - 200,000 figure to use on fruits and vegetables. Pesticides used on fruit and vegetables (fruits and vegetables were not mentioned in the article, nor was any specific pesticide) are extremely safe, precisely because people eat those items, often without washing them thoroughly. <br /><br />The problem of over-application of pesticides is largely self-limiting because they are expensive.<br /><br />Use of banned and inappropriate pesticides, e.g., those not intended for the crops they're used on, is a problem all over the world, but there's no way it's killing hundreds of thousands of Egyptians every year. Ridiculous.<br /><br />The real problem is hysteria about pesticides. The ban on DDT <a href="http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0707/feature1/text4.html" rel="nofollow">may have killed 20 million children</a>, while its use <a href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/guest_contributors/article847896.ece" rel="nofollow">may have saved more lives than penicillin</a>.<br /><br />Zeinobia, please don't take any advice from Canadians on beer additives. Canadian beer, which is famous for tasting like piss, is also well-known for containing enough cobalt to cause a fatal <a href="http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,843316,00.html" rel="nofollow">beer-drinkers' cardiomyopathy</a>. Canadians use salts of cobalt as a foam stabilizer. Bottoms up!Jasonhttp://elnaschiewatch.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8003335.post-66905125350204755872010-09-26T18:40:57.164+03:002010-09-26T18:40:57.164+03:00The Canadian embassy provided me a brochure back i...The Canadian embassy provided me a brochure back in the 70's listing foods and drinks to avoid during my stay in Egypt. Stella beer was included on the list because it contained Formaldehyde (a proven carcinogen)as a preservative.<br />I hope they have replaced it with a safe preservative.<br />The Canadian.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com