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...Some developing countries have taken a lead with GM technology, such as Argentina, China and Egypt. But many other countries are reluctant and unsure. Whether or not GM technology is appropriate will vary from country to country. That's why we are not calling for a blanket decision either for or against GM technology. It depends on the characteristic of each crop, on the environment it is to be used in and the capacity of the country and community to handle it safely. But let?s not forget the risks of common current practices: many farm workers are already suffering...
...only two. Several times visitors found Brunton lying in his own excrement. He got bedsores. For two days in March, when outside temperatures were just above freezing, the heating in the Victorian pile was turned off for repairs and his temperature plummeted alarmingly. Brunton was wrapped in an insulating blanket to get warmer on his own, which he did. After six weeks in such conditions, Brunton died. The doctors and nurses who looked after him "worked heroically," says his son Paul. "But the system was broken...
...bedsores. For two days in March, when outside temperatures were just above freezing, the central heating was turned off for repairs and his own temperature plummeted alarmingly. His children were told the hospital's warming suit was already in use, so Brunton was simply wrapped in an insulating blanket and left to get warmer on his own - which he did. Later they thought he was hallucinating when he said a man had come through the ceiling. But sure enough, there was a hole there left by a worker struggling to repair something in the decrepit Victorian pile, ranked...
...different Harvard schools are able to interpret and enforce this blanket ruling differently; the Law School counts hours when calculating how much time professors can spend on outside activities, the College counts effort and the Business School counts days...
...only 18 of 108 proxy votes last year did the CCSR go against the ASCR’s recommendation, even though a prohibition against investment in the tobacco industry is the only blanket policy that has been set out by both ASCR and CCSR...