[PEN-L:36293] Re: You Pay

[Michael Perelman <michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

This story is interesting.  People have been calling for years for the
genetic engineering people to take out liability insurance.  Maybe now the
call will sound more reasonable -- except to those in power.

On Sat, Mar 29, 2003 at 10:14:22AM -0800, Dan Scanlan wrote:
> U.S. WILL SUBSIDIZE CLEANUP OF ALTERED CORN
>
> March 26, 2003
> Washington Post
> Justin Gillis
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A29223-2003Mar25.html
>
> The U.S. Agriculture Department's settlement with a Texas company
> that mishandled gene-altered corn, portrayed three months ago as a
> stringent crackdown designed to send a message to other potential
> violators, actually, according to this story, involved a no-interest
> $3.5 million government loan that means American taxpayers will
> effectively subsidize cleanup efforts.
>

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Michael Perelman
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