On Thu, 17 Jul 1997 10:57:05 -0700 Conrad Berube <[log in to unmask]> writes: > > * sue the neighboring grower and transgenic seed producer > for contaminating your seed crop with "pesticide drift" > (I would think that a strong case could be made here) > > * start selling the transgenic seed derived from your own >lands > undercutting the originator and bypassing all their R&D >costs > and make some cash (if transgenic seed producers are going > to claim proprietorship on spliced-in genes then they'll > have to take financial responsibility for making sure the > genes don't contaminate adjoining lands where the same crop >is >grown--unless labelling guidelines have been violated by whoever > out in the crop of transgenic seed, in which case I think >the > latter would be legally responsible-- as is the case with >conventional pesticide drift-- except in this case it would > likely be much easier to prove where the transgenic pollen >came > from until these products become more widespread. Oh, good grief!! Just what we need -- more ideas for law-suits! We have enough members of the legal "profession" coming up with them already! I wish all you contentious litigious characters severe cases of Varroa and AFB in all your colonies. Walter Weller (retired attorney)