Tim Cummings ([log in to unmask]) wrote: : I'd say we go one better and let India pay to do the research. Like India is doing in biotech ?... http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=37377 US Biotech Companies Evince Interest In Outsourcing To India "Ajay Jain New Delhi: Andhra Pradesh (AP) government has signed memoranda of understanding (MoU) with the governments of Thailand and the Canadian province of Sasketchwan to give a boost to the biotechnology industry. US biotech companies have also expressed interest in outsourcing work to India, and the latter can also look forward to flow of funds from US venture capital funds (VC). These were some of the outcomes of the recent biotech mission from the country to USA. Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and the US-India Business Council had organised a one-day seminar last week in Washington coinciding with the Bio Convention, a global biotech show held in the US capital..." : : Why should our economy/taxpayers always have to fund these lunatics in : their concocted scientific studies. If it is such a big problem then : other countries should be willing to foot the bill right? : Having clean air and water put the U.S. at a disadvantage: http://www.wri.org/wri/wr-98-99/airpoll.htm Health Effects of Air Pollution http://www.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/asiapcf/south/08/12/asia.haze/index.html CNN.com - 'Asian Brown Cloud' poses global threat - August 12, 2002 --Jerry Leslie Note: [log in to unmask] is invalid for email * To join/leave the list, search archives, change list settings, * * etc., please visit http://raven.utc.edu/archives/hp3000-l.html *