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To: Probart who wrote (1407)	8/9/2002 1:58:10 PM
From: Thomas M.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3959

The first one is free, then you're hooked for life: Starved for Food, Zimbabwe Rejects U.S. Biotech Corn Rick Weiss Washington Post, July 31, 2002, page A12 This article reports on the United States government's offer of genetically modified corn to Zimbabwe, which currently faces a famine. Zimbabwe's government is refusing the corn, because the United States will not mill the corn seeds. If the seeds are not milled, then some will inevitably be planted. This will leave Zimbabwe vulnerable to patent suits from the companies that own the patents. It will also exclude Zimbabwe's corn from Europe, its major export market in normal years, since Europe's rules prohibit the importation of genetically modified food. tompaine.com