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To: Tom Clarke who wrote (17760)	5/26/2003 3:29:30 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER	Read Replies (2) of 21614

Re: France and Germany lead the debate in the EU, do they not? According to Mr Rumsfeld, they don't.... Re: France is leading the charge against the prohibition of genetically modified foods while poor countries starve, a totally unnecessary situation. They should be ashamed of themselves. I totally agree on that. For that matter, despite Europe's purportedly squeaky-clean agriculture, we've been PLAGUED by food scandals over the last four years --from dioxin-infested poultry to the mad cow to poisonous oils to.... The fact is, agribusiness is a big chunk of EU GDP and France is a major foodstuff producer/exporter. And there're still over seven million farms in the EU (15 countries) --compare that to the US's two million farms.... Taking into account the EU's sluggish demographics, it's clear that Europe doesn't need to develop biotechnologies and genetical research to feed its declining and aging population --we're already rolling in surplus food! It's no wonder that the countries most eager to research GM-food are the demographic giants of Asia (China, India, Malaysia).

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