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114. “GM Bacteria Could Kill All Life”: Evening Post (New Zealand) and Christchurch Press, 2 February 2001.
114. probably wouldn’t survive: Walter et al. 2001.
114. “false claims about the ecological impact”: Fletcher 2001.
116. in certain situations: Kunik et al. 2001.
116. eat the tomatoes: Roueche 1991.
117. 88 percent of the cotton: USDA 2009.
117. contain some GE material: Becker 2005.
118. China, Australia, and other countries: Head et al. 2005; Pray, Huang, and Qiao 2001; Fitt 2003.
118. modified to resist insects: Huang et al. 2005.
119. no human was ever affected: Nordlee et al. 1996.
119. psoralens that the plants contained: Ames and Gold 2000.
119. digestive system of rats: Ewen and Pusztai 1999.
119. dangerous in humans: Prescott et al. 2005.
119. some of their organs: Finamore et al. 2008; Malatesta et al. 2008; Velimirov, Binter, and Zentek 2008; Kilic and Aday 2008.
120. Roundup Ready gene: Quist and Chapela 2001.
120. identified in Oregon in 2006: Reichman et al. 2006.
120. from transgenic canola: Warwick et al. 2008.
120. exposure to this herbicide: Gunsolus 2008; Ulloa and Owen 2009.
120. use in transgenic cotton: Tabashnik et al. 2008.
121. it can kill them: Hansen and Obrycki 2000.
121. they wouldn’t survive: Dunham et al. 1999.
122. an increase in pesticide use: Phipps and Park 2002.
122. changed its original stance: U.S. Regulatory Agencies 2009.
124. response to public pressure: Vogel 1995.
124. Europeans themselves admitted: Vogel 1995.
125. producers and distributors is minimal: Paarlberg 2010.
125. dominant political party: Vogel 1995.
125. the proregulation coalition: Libby 1998.
126. consumers will reject it: Libby 1998.
127. contaminated corn seed: Hosansky 2001a; Segarra and Rawson 2001.
133. “shortcomings in the studies”: European Food and Safety Authority 2008.
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134. quality of reblooming: Cook 1931.
136. problems with White’s patent: Huff 1999.
138. didn’t warrant a patent: Wiser 1999.
138. distribute these beans: ETC Group 2009.
141. impact of this case: Pollack 2010.
142. to last the entire time: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 2005.
142. R&D in 2006: Biotechnology Industry Organization 2008.
142. between 2003 and 2007: Biotechnology Industry Organization 2008.
143. people in the United States: Biotechnology Industry Organization 2008.
144. between 1983 and 2004: Jost 2006.
147. broken beyond repair: ETC Group 2009.
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152. arthropods (insects and mites): Pimentel et al. 2000.
152. that have been introduced: Westbrooks 2004.
153. a single species is present: Tilman 2000.
153. very rarely the case: Davis 2009.
153. His answer: “Zero”: Breining 2010.
154. twice as fast as sugar maples: Kloeppel and Abrams 1995.
154. from native sugar maples: Webb, Pendergast, and Dwyer 2001.
154. built dams and mills: Walker and Merritts 2009.
154. more effectively than other plants: Ziska 2003; Ziska and George 2004.
155. “Brave New Ecology”: Del Tredici 2006.
156. pests that are already here: Hosansky 2001b.
157. 5 percent of U.S. imports: Prah 2006.
157. other pests each year: Hosansky 2001b.
161. predation by invasive species: Cooper 1999.
162. that family causes problems: Hosansky 2001b.
165. beneficial to our health: Moerman 2009.
166. during 2003 and 2004: Connecticut Green Industries.
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170. died in 1998: Brown, A. 1998; Ostrom 1997.
170. ibogaine and noribogaine: Kubiliene et al. 2008.
170. making the user stoned: Iversen 2000.
171. mothers who smoke it: Zuckerman et al. 1989.
171. tasks like reading: Huestegge 2009.
171. car, train, or other vehicle: Ashton 2001.
171. damaging their brains: Yücel et al. 2008.
171. or even worse than, tobacco: Wu et al. 1988.
171. marijuana in 2004: Katel 2009.
171. even a heart attack: Spengos, Schwartz, and Hennerici 2000; Borowiak et al. 1998.
171. particularly the cerebellum: Xu et al. 2000.
171. it could just kill you: Violeta et al. 2006.
171. nausea (as for Ralph Seeley): Söderpalm, Schuster, and DeWitt 2001.
171. appetite of AIDS patients: Beal et al. 1995.
171. treatment of glaucoma: Tomida, Pertwee, and Azuara-Blanco 2004.
171. ability to help control pain: Russo 2008.
171. for migraine headaches: Russo 1998.
171. once a month or more: Schwartz, Voth, and Sheridan 1997.
171. control substance addictions: Maisonneuve and Glick 2003.
171. had done in their lives: Griffiths et al. 2008; Shiue 2010.
172. target for government restrictions: Musto 1999.
172. not vigorously enforced: Katel 2009.
174. a five-year sentence: Katel 2009.
174. on criminal records: NORML 2009b.
174. using marijuana as medicine: Katel 2009.
175. considered socially marginal: Musto 1999.
176. permit medical marijuana: NORML 2009b.
176. initiatives approved by voters: author’s calculation based on data available from NORML 2009a.
177. scientific analysis of medical marijuana: Marshall 2005.
178. grounds for passage are not fertile: National Conference of State Legislatures 2009.
178. 36 percent in 2005: Carroll 2005.
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184. the slammer that Sunday: Sullivan 2008; Tillman 2008.
185. was so weak: Rappaport 1993.
185. the right-of-way: Brenneman 2009; Carlsson 2009.
186. aren’t well landscaped: Wolf 2009.
186. nicely landscaped house: Stigarll and Elam 2009.
186. in the United States: U.S. Department of Commerce 2008, Table 414.
187. animals in urban yards: Jost 1995.
189. federal housing guidelines: Dilger 1992.
189. in the street during certain hours: Blakely and Snyder 1997; Dilger 1992; McKenzie 1994.
191. “misdeeds of one’s neighbors”: McKenzie 1994, 14.
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196. these synthetic gases: Andino and Rowland 1999.
197. glaciers in the Arctic: Josberger, March, and O’Neel 2009.
197. South America: Steitz et al. 2003.
197. the Himalayas: Ren et al. 2004.
197. and in Africa: Ansari 2009.
197. find cooler climates: Lenoir et al. 2008.
197. tropics are expanding: Lovett 2007.
197. do not seem to be warming: Doran et al. 2002; Turner et al. 2005.
199. as much carbon as a forest: Post and Kwon 2000.
200. concentrations of carbon dioxide: Soon 2007.
200. was not taking place: Swanson et al. 2009.
201. an overwhelming majority: Soon 2007.
201. we’ve already seen: Erlykin, Sloan, and Wolfendale 2009.
201. at least to some degree: Ravilious 2007.
201. “caused mostly by human activities”: Kaufman 2010.
202. left in the ground: Reich et al. 2006.
202. a significant problem: Zhu et al. 2008.
203. in alkaline seas: Doney et al. 2009.
204. regulations for carbon dioxide: Broder 2009.
205. a secondary benefit: Rabe 2004.
205. renewable energy consumption: Pew Center on Global
Climate Change 2009.
205. generate wind power: Rabe 2004.
205. reduce energy consumption: Rabe 2004; Pew Center on Global Climate Change 2009.
206. green building code in 2008: Greenblatt 2009.
206. as do other states as well: Rabe 2004, 5.
206. renewable energy sources: Greenblatt 2009.
207. “fragile scientific consensus”: Hempel 2006.
208. a serious problem: Saad 2009a.
208. July 2009 Gallup poll: Morales 2009.
208. Gallup polls since 1990: Newport 2008.
208. eight environmental concerns: Saad 2009b.
208. during the 2000s: Newport 2009.
209. disproportionately affected: Warner et al. 2009.
211. control carbon dioxide emissions: Bosso 2005.
211. 57 percent at the EPA: Weeks 2009.
211. economy to some extent: Energy Information Administration 1998.
212. from cold than from heat: Lomborg 2007.
214. according to one estimate: Hamilton 2008.
214. up to 80 percent: Ford 2009.
215. might cause acid rain: Blackstock et al. 2009.
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218. lead the charge: Wilson 1980.
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