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Moth-flavoured pancake, anyone?

Last post Mon, Oct 8 2007 10:16 by townie. 1 replies.
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  • Sat, Oct 6 2007 11:40

    Moth-flavoured pancake, anyone?

    There! I thought that might get your attention.

    It's the headline to one those quirky stories that the newspapers love to run - this time in a piece by Mark Chipperfield in Sydney for today's Daily Telegraph (page 19).

    It's a fun article but contains to my mind the unfortunate paragraph:

    "But Mr Robinson's initial enthusiasm for eating the native moths waned after he discovered that they contain high levels of arsenic, the result of eating farm crops sprayed with pesticides." (My italics)

    I understand that arsenic may still be used as a timber preservative in Australia, although even that use is being questioned and is under review, but as far as I'm aware arsenic is not used on "crops".

    Mr Chipperfield's misleading quote leaves DT readers who have only limited knowledge of farming and pesticides with the impression that many of the latter contain arsenic, so reinforcing the idea that their use is more dangerous than it really is. 

  • Mon, Oct 8 2007 10:16 In reply to

    • townie
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    Re: Moth-flavoured pancake, anyone?

    Sadly this is true of the ignorance scribbling of too many mainstream journos.  It is no wonder the general public understand so little of our industry.

     

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