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Meat and Milk from Cloned Animals in America's Food Supply?
Twelve years after scientists produced Dolly the Sheep from the cells of another animal, the FDA says milk and meat from cloned livestock is safe to eat. Is the world ready? Critics say cloning's expensive, inefficient and cruel. What about the quality of the food and the "yuck" factor? Also, a business editor on stimulating the economy, in early American history, Christmas was banned by Christians.
By Warren Olney • • 1h 0m ListenTwelve years after scientists produced Dolly the Sheep from the cells of another animal, the FDA says milk and meat from cloned livestock is safe to eat. Is the world ready? Critics say cloning's expensive, inefficient and cruel. What about the quality of the food and the "yuck" factor? Also, a business editor on the basics of stimulating the economy, and a look at colonial days, when Christmas was banned by the Puritans.
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3 storiesStimulating the Economy: The Basics
2008 was supposed to be a good economic year, but it didn't turn out that way. Now there's almost a competition for predictions of gloom and doom. To stem the negative tide, the Obama transition team is promising a major stimulus package .
Read the story6 minMeat and Milk from Cloned Animals in America's Food Supply?
Early this year, the Food and Drug Administration announced that meat and dairy products from cloned animals were safe to eat . The Department of Agriculture immediately called for a " voluntary moratorium ," asking farmers to keep cloned animals off the market indefinitely, to buy time to build acceptance among US and foreign consumers.
Read the story29 minThe Pilgrims and the History of Christmas
Even in bad economic times, Christmas creates the biggest shopping season of the year and it's a kind of all-American holiday. Even many non-Christians celebrate Christmas. But the founding Pilgrims didn't see it that way. In the early days of Massachusetts, Christmas was banned.
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