It is too late to shut the door on GM foods


	It is too late to shut the door on GM foods

brightlight4

10-19-2009 4:48 PM

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brightlight4 says:

Much more at source about how we are being fooled by GM producers.

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10-19-2009 5:16 PM

Seosamh Dalzell

The infamous 'facts on the ground' approach to the shaping of discourse of those in power who resent having to bend to the voice of the people, of the world! Might makes right!

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