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AmeriScan: May 11, 2004

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Monsanto Chops GM Wheat Plans

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, May 11, 2004 (ENS) - Biotech giant Monsanto announced Monday that it is realigning its research and development investments and will halt all further efforts to introduce genetically modified (GM) wheat.
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Environmentalists Lift Appeal of Alaskan Gold Mine

FAIRBANKS, Alaska May 11, 2004 (ENS) - The Northern Alaska Environmental Center and Teck-Pogo Inc. have come to an agreement under which the Center will withdraw its appeal of the gold mine's discharge permit from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, allowing work to resume on mine construction.
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Bayer Urged to Heed Chicken Antibiotic Ban

WASHINGTON, DC, May 11, 2004 (ENS) - More than 140 health and public interest groups are urging Bayer Corporation not to appeal a ruling that upholds the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) ban on the company's Cipro-like antibiotics for use in poultry.
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Poll Finds Strong Opposition to Yellowstone Bison Killings

HELENA, Montana, May 11, 2004 (ENS) - A nationwide survey finds that 75 percent of Americans disapprove of slaughtering buffalo that wander outside the boundaries of Yellowstone National Park. Federal and state officials have killed 278 buffalo this year and hazed and harassed wild buffalo nearly every day this spring.
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Utah Road Claim Unjustified, Conservationists Say

WASHINGTON, DC, May 11, 2004 (ENS) - Conservationists say a route Utah is claiming under a repealed 19th century mining law was built by and for the U.S. government, which would void it from a claim under the statute.
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Asian Beetle Pesters U.S. Ornamental Tree Industry

OVERTON, Texas, May 11, 2004 (ENS) - The Asian ambrosia better is now appearing in devastating numbers and is wreaking havoc among the Southern U.S. ornamental tree growing industry this year, researchers say.
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Why Penguin Eggs Are Tough to Crack

SEATTLE, Washington, May 11, 2004 (ENS) - Penguin eggs come with extra-thick shells to withstand being laid on hard surfaces and survive being kicked around in penguin fights. It takes a lot of extra calcium to produce these thick shells and researchers now believe they know the source.
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Rotating Out a Soil Pathogen Deadly to Pumpkins

URBANA, Illinois, May 11, 2004 (ENS) - There are no known resistant varieties of processing pumpkin that can withstand a deadly pumpkin blight known as Phytophthora capsici (P. capsici), which is also largely resistant to chemicals.
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