Thu, 08 Jun 2006

Souder wants to test fungus that kills coca plants, poppies

Un-fucking-believable! A quick Google search shows that this idiotic idea has actually been around for quite a while, and several Federal agencies (including our friends at USDA) have actually tested these things!

This is biological warfare, pure and simple. If engineering fruits to make them "better" is a bad idea, "tweaking" the genes of a deadly plague fungus to only attack certain plants is absolute, unmitigated folly!

The thought that two Indiana representatives (Dan Burton was also in on it), have recently brought this lunacy back to the table makes me ashamed to be a Hoosier. Folks from a farming state should know better, but obviously these two haven't got a clue. Both Republicans, by the way. Go figure.

U.S. Rep. Mark Souder is pressing for the federal government to test a plant-killing fungus for possible use in destroying the plants used to make cocaine and heroin.

(link) [Ft. Wayne News-Sentinel]

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On 5/31/2006 12:19:47
Love wrote

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On 5/31/2006 23:35:42
Stephen Williamson wrote

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