SEEDS OF DESTRUCTION

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.           RACHEL'S ENVIRONMENT & HEALTH WEEKLY #622           .
.                    ---October 29, 1998---                     .
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SEEDS OF DESTRUCTION

Every once in a while the NEW YORK TIMES knocks your socks off
showing how the world got the way it is.  This past Sunday the
TIMES ran "Playing God in the Garden" by Michael Pollan --the
cover story in the magazine section.[1]  It explains why many of
us are already eating genetically engineered foods like corn and
potatoes without knowing it, and why there is a lot more
genetically engineered food in our future whether we like it or
not.  It's the story of a powerful corporation on a dangerous
mission and a huge government too feeble to intercede.  The TIMES
story makes these points:

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