Article: Plenty of food for paranoia – Montreal Gazette
Plenty of food for paranoia, fired whistleblower says
Plenty of food for paranoia, fired whistleblower says
Former Health Canada scientist launches book
CHARLIE FIDELMAN, The Gazette
Published: Tuesday, November 18Some might dismiss Shiv Chopra as paranoid for seeing carcinogens in every mouthful.
As the Health Canada whistleblower whose testimony led to the agency’s banning bovine growth hormone as an additive to increase milk yields in cows, Chopra puts little faith in regulatory bodies and food safety standards.
“There’s the tainted blood inquiry, mad cow disease, silicone breast implants … there’s a whole series of things that government says it knows better,” said Chopra, who will be in Montreal tonight to launch his book, Corrupt to the Core: Memoirs of a Health Canada Whistleblower.
