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Week of September 30^th - October 6^th
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Posted on October 4, 2001
Bayer Acquires Aventis - October 2, 2001

Bayer Agrees to Acquire Aventis CropScience Press Release, Aventis, October 2, 2001
Bayer Acquires Aventis CropScience Press Release, Bayer, October 2, 2001
Bayer outlines costs of CropScience deal , By Bettina Wassener in Leverkusen, October 2, 2001
Fallout from CropScience deal, By David Firn in London, October 2, 2001
Bayer finalizes purchase of Aventis CropScience, Wall Street Journal, October 3, 2001
CropScience deal biggest buyout in Bayer's history, Financial Post, Canada, October 3, 2001

Biotech Industry Braces for Supreme Court Case, Editors, Rooster News Network, October 3, 2001
Supreme Court Considers Plant Patents, AP Online, September 3, 2001
Welcome to the Spin Machine, by Michael Manville, Freezerbox.com, April 5, 2001
e-mail exchange which occured between the editors of freezerbox.com and PR firm representing the Council for Biotechnology Information (CBI) prior to the publication of 'Welcome to the Spin Machine'.

Posted on October 2, 2001
Friends of the Earth's comments to the EPA on Bt reregistration
Appendix
FoE's letter to the EPA calling for a delay in the decision on re-registering these crops (especially corn) until proper studies are done and evaluated
House panel grapples with value of ag biotech research, Food Chemical News, Volume 43, Issue 33, October 1, 2001
Government OKs Biotech Cotton, AP Online, October 1, 2001
Genetic Modification Taints Corn in Mexico, New York Times, October 2, 2001