>Dirk,
>Good point. I think we all have mixed feelings over these issues of
>affordable products, But at what cost? Corporations only see the bottom line
>$$$-wise, and turn a blind eye to what goes on in other countries. The U.S.
>auto industry- for one example- gets squeezed and squeezed by U.S. pollution
>laws then to get around that, moves plant after plant to Mexico where they
>can put whatever pollutants the plant produces directly into the rivers.
>
Right, and the still use DDT in third world countries on produce destined for
the US, though that may have changed in recent years....
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Be Seeing You.
Dirk Wright
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