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To: JohnM who wrote (41187)	8/31/2002 5:51:17 PM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

First, the fear that genetically modified corn would destroy the local varieties and leave the population even worse off. John, to put it politely, that is absolute nonsense. We have been growing it for 10 years, and you and I have been eating it for 6 years. Check with any "ag" college in the country, and the Professors will tell you the same. It is one of the biggest boons to mankind in the 20th century. but the Europeans won't accept, bless them, genetically modified corn. They know it is nonsense also, but it is a good way for them to refuse to allow our grain into the common market, and "protect" their farmers. I fail to see why the Bush administration could not have sent just regular ol' corn. We no longer grow it. It is inferior. The U.S. foreign aid chief Andrew Natsios, on Thursday called the "Greenpeace" and the "Friends of the Earth" environmental groups "revolting and despicable" for urging these African Governments not to accept this food. He was informed by these African Governments that these groups pressured them not to use this grain,even though it is in their warehouses, and people there are starving. There is no doubt these groups have done this. U.N. Food and Agricultural Organization Director Jacques Diouf said it was safe, and asked the African countries to use it. This is a big story, John. But the American Media, with the exception of the Washington Times, has spiked it. The fact that they have spiked it is an even bigger story. I am hoping that Bush, Cheney, or someone else at that level will hit the Sunday shows with it, and force the media to inform the American people just how despicable these Environmental groups are.