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    1. FDA [Food and Drug Administration] fails to protect Americans from dangerous drugs and unsafe foods: agency captured by industries it should be regulating

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Center for Science in the Public Interest, Washington, D.C.
    Format:
    News release
    Publication Date:
    2006-06-27
    Published:
    USA
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 162 Document Number: C26741
    Notes:
    3 pages.

    2. Plants "eavesdrop" for their own protection, Cornell researchers find

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Ramanujan, Krishna (author) and Cornell University, Ithaca, New York.
    Format:
    News release
    Publication Date:
    2006-02-22
    Published:
    USA
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C23733
    Notes:
    Archived 2/22/2006 at http://archives.foodsafetynetwork.ca/agnet-archives.htm, Via Food Safety Network. 2 pages., Insect-damaged sagebrush has a novel way of broadcasting to nearby plants that a predator is in the area. It releases a bouquet of airborne odors and perfumes. If wild tobacco is growing nearby, it will "eavesdrop" on these chemical signals and fortify its defenses against such plant-eaters as caterpillars.