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from NPR (& affiliates)
Top Five Myths Of Genetically Modified Seeds, Busted
Myth 1: Seeds from GMOs are sterile.
Myth 2: Monsanto will sue you for growing their patented GMOs if traces of those GMOs entered your fields through wind-blown pollen.
Myth 3: Any contamination with GMOs makes organic food non-organic.
Myth 4: Before Monsanto got in the way, farmers typically saved their seeds and re-used them.
Myth 5: Most seeds these days are genetically modified.
Out Of The Binder, Into The Kitchen: Working Women And Cooking
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This 1883 photo shows
Mother Marianne Cope, who cared for exiled
leprosy patients on
Molokai in Hawaii. |
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In brief: From Wire Reports
Afghanistan girl’s condition improving in English hospital
Although it’s difficult to gauge what such an improvement might mean given that the exact nature of Malala Yousufzai’s brain injuries have yet to be made public, one expert said the news was good.
“Any progress is hopeful,” Dr. Jonathan Fellus, chief scientific officer at the New Jersey-based International Brain Research Foundation, said. “This is the natural course of recovery that we would expect.”
The Pakistani official said he had been briefed by doctors and that Malala’s condition was “definitely much better” since she arrived in England on Monday. He added that the girl was moving her limbs, although he didn’t elaborate.
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