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To: SwinneySwitch; Stellar Dendrite
"I don't know that we can ever go back and definitely say that it was fumonisin," said Lucina Suarez, director of epidemiology and disease surveillance for the Texas Department of State Health Services. But given this and other research, she said, "It certainly looks that way."
David Miller of Carleton University in Canada, one of the world's experts on the toxin, said there was still no direct human evidence that the toxin caused the birth defect.

The question isn't asked, and I want an answer...

Where was this "suspected corn" grown?

Is it possible the corn was grown in Mexico, or Canada...and the source is being shielded to prevent a GM style verdict? Or was this another domestic screw-up?

28 posted on 02/09/2006 12:18:41 PM PST by Itzlzha ("The avalanche has already started...it is too late for the pebbles to vote")
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To: Itzlzha

I'm always suspect of a domestic screw up when there was already a solution waiting.


35 posted on 02/09/2006 12:42:51 PM PST by Calpernia (Breederville.com)
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To: Itzlzha

Good question. Screw up or cover-up?


74 posted on 02/10/2006 5:53:16 AM PST by sarasota
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