Does ‘biopiracy‘ endanger world food supplies? Seed monopolies could affect the livelihoods of farmers and biodiversity. Here s a link to this article and videos associated with it. http://stream.aljazeera.com/story/does-biopiracy-endanger-world-food-supplies-0021995 There is a video featuring Vandana Shiva. For those of you who are familiar with her work and opinions this is another opportunity to look at [...]
Tags: Bt brinjal, Genetically modified food, Government of India, India, Monsanto, Patent, United States, Vandana Shiva
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One of the major themes raised by the Occupy movement is the increasing power of large corporations over more and more aspects of our lives. We spend the hour looking into the issue of the corporate control of life itself. Our guest, Harriet Washington, is a medical ethicist and has just published a [...]
Tags: AIDS, Corporation, Harriet Washington, Health care, Monopoly, Patent, Pharmaceutical industry, Washington
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