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  • Deadly giant snail found in Houston

    05/07/2013 7:33:39 PM PDT · by rfreedom4u · 104 replies
    NBC News ^ | 6 May 2013 | Andrew Rafferty
    Residents of a Houston neighborhood are being warned to stay away from giant African land snails after a woman found one in her garden and snapped a photo of it. The snails, researchers warn, are potentially dangerous to touch, in part because they can carry meningitis. Scientists have warned anyone who comes in contact with them to wash their hands thoroughly. "They also carry a parasitic disease that can cause a lot of harm to humans and sometimes even death," Autumn Smith-Herron, director of the Institute for the Study of Invasive Species at Sam Houston State University, told NBC Houston...
  • England: National Trust bans GM crops

    05/11/2003 12:39:55 PM PDT · by yankeedame · 11 replies · 145+ views
    BBC News OnLine ^ | Sunday, 11 May, 2003 | staff writer
    Sunday, 11 May, 2003 National Trust bans GM crops The UK Government is sponsoring a review of GM science Thousands of National Trust tenant farmers have been banned from allowing genetically modified (GM) crops to be grown on its land. Dozens of controversial GM trials taking place across the UK are due to end this summer. Public consultation will then follow on whether these cops should be grown commercially. The government is due to launch a £500,000 "public debate" in the coming weeks. The move to ban the GM crops for the Trust's 2,000 tenant farmers has been welcomed...
  • Terror TV? Just Change the Channel (New Yorkers' fears != reality)

    03/20/2003 11:22:58 PM PST · by Dont Mention the War · 2 replies · 140+ views
    The New York Times ^ | March 21, 2003 | Clyde Haberman
    March 21, 2003 Terror TV? Just Change the ChannelBy CLYDE HABERMAN HE war is on. A lot of people are going to get hurt, and New Yorkers naturally worry that they may find themselves among the casualties before this thing is over. There is nothing remotely funny in any of this. Still, it was hard to suppress a bleak smile yesterday over police plans to tighten security around television stations in the city. Among the concerns is that terrorists may try to commandeer the cameras and microphones to get their message out and spew anti-American venom. Now, there is...