RE: [CH] Chile-Heads Digest V6 #180

fragrantgarden (fragrantgarden@fastlink.com.au)
Mon, 1 May 2000 15:11:59 +1100

At 7:23 AM +1100 1/5/00, Riley J. McIntire wrote:
>>A few years ago a Japanese company also genetically enginered a type of
>>bateria that could produce L-trptophan cheaply. It killed acouple of
>>hundred people and made invalids of 1000?? +
>>It cost them 3billion to keep it quiet.
>>Welcome to the new Millenium
>
>>Michael Bailes,
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>How fascinating.  What _did_ they die from?  Too much sleep?
>
>Riley
>The bacteria also produced a  small amount of neurotoxin as well

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