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	Attack of the mutant rice

JICWyllie

7-3-2007 2:27 PM

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business, farming, food, i-genetic modification, i-contamination

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7-3-2007 8:34 PM

bignosemousie

Amazing. They have no idea how to control this GM food. Once the gene is out there: it's out there. Insanity.

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