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To: E. Charters who wrote (88450)	7/31/2002 3:47:29 PM
From: long-gone	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 116906

OT (Stupid) G.M. foods update: Washington Post Starved for Food, Zimbabwe Rejects U.S. Biotech Corn Schoolchildren from the Chikono Primary School in the Mhondoro district collect wild fruits. Due to the food shortages in Zimbabwe, most children in the rural areas survive on the collected wild fruits. (AP) _____Biotech Food_____ • Biotech Food Special Report • DNA Trail Began in Va. (The Washington Post, Jun 30, 2002) • Spinning Gold From Goats (The Washington Post, May 31, 2002) • Cultivating a New Image (The Washington Post, May 23, 2002) _____Full Coverage_____ • More Science News _____Special Report_____ • Full Coverage of U.S. Foreign Aid Keep up with 218 countries. Register to customize headlines. _____News From Zimbabwe_____ • European Union Widens Curbs on Zimbabwe (The Washington Post, Jul 23, 2002) • WORLD (The Washington Post, Jul 16, 2002) • Study: AIDS Shortening Life in 51 Nations (The Washington Post, Jul 8, 2002) • More News from Zimbabwe _____Biotech Headlines_____ • Gene Logic's Loss Shrinks To $4.4 Million in Quarter (The Washington Post, Jul 31, 2002) • Guilford Pharmaceuticals to Cut Work Force 20 Percent to 25 Percent (Associated Press, Jul 30, 2002) • Bridging the Gap (Washtechway, Jul 30, 2002) • Your Fitness Destiny Revealed! (The Washington Post, Jul 30, 2002) _____Special Report_____ • Stem Cells E-Mail This Article Printer-Friendly Version Subscribe to The Post By Rick Weiss Washington Post Staff Writer Wednesday, July 31, 2002; Page A12 Thousands of tons of U.S. emergency food aid destined for crisis-stricken Zimbabwe has been diverted to other countries, and a new shipload may be diverted within days, because the donations include genetically modified corn that the Zimbabwean government does not want to accept. The image of a nation on the brink of starvation turning down food because it has been genetically engineered has reignited a long-smoldering scientific and political controversy over the risks and benefits of gene-altered food.(cont) washingtonpost.com