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...accounts, the gamble has already proved worthwhile. For 25 years, the Genmar factory at Little Falls, Minn., has used the same caustic, grubby process to churn out Wellcraft and Glastron fiber-glass runabouts. Men and women in blue coveralls layer or spray fiber glass over each hull. Half-finished boats are scattered around the warehouse, overshadowed by stacks of used molds. The stench of styrene is overpowering. The manual layering process is so imprecise that each hull is different; imperfections have to be corrected by hand...
...genetically engineered crops introduced so far represent minor variations on the same two themes: resistance to insect pests and to herbicides used to control the growth of weeds. And they are often marketed by large, multinational corporations that produce and sell the very agricultural chemicals farmers are spraying on their fields. So while many farmers have embraced such crops as Monsanto's Roundup Ready soybeans, with their genetically engineered resistance to Monsanto's Roundup-brand herbicide, that let them spray weed killer without harming crops, consumers have come to regard such things with mounting suspicion. Why resort to a strange...
...transgenic banana that ripened more slowly," she says, "we could have 40% more bananas than now." Wambugu also dreams of getting access to herbicide-resistant crops. Says she: "We could liberate so many people if our crops were resistant to herbicides that we could then spray on the surrounding weeds. Weeding enslaves Africans; it keeps children from school...
...March the Body Shop introduced a line of Ayurvedic-inspired products (a pillow spray for kaphas runs $18), and last October a three-woman team, including model Christy Turlington, launched the upscale skin-care regimen Sundari, from which any pitta can select a $52 moisturizer. Both lines use essential oils and herbs cultivated predominantly in India. Says Sundari co-founder Ayla Hussain, who grew up in Pakistan and attended Harvard Business School: "We take ideas that are thousands of years old and use modern technology to maximize their efficacy." Lindsay Oliver, manager of an Ayurvedic spa called...
...police arrested Sharpe at the nearby Pine View Lodge on a fugitive from justice warrant early Sunday morning, flushing him out of his room with pepper spray grenades thrown through his window...