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...March the Body Shop introduced a line of Ayurvedic-inspired products (a pillow spray for kaphas runs $18), and last October a three-woman team, including model Christy Turlington, launched the upscale skin-care regimen Sundari, from which any pitta can select a $52 moisturizer. Both lines use essential oils and herbs cultivated predominantly in India. Says Sundari co-founder Ayla Hussain, who grew up in Pakistan and attended Harvard Business School: "We take ideas that are thousands of years old and use modern technology to maximize their efficacy." Lindsay Oliver, manager of an Ayurvedic spa called...
...BRUSSELS, 1998 France, Italy, Greece, Denmark and Luxembourg team up to block introduction of all new GM products in the European Union--including those approved by E.U. scientific advisory committees and even a few developed in these five countries. Several E.U. countries have also banned the importation and use of 18 GM crops and foods approved before the blockade went into effect. New safety rules could eventually break this logjam...
SENIOR SCAM The FTC has issued a consumer alert against unscrupulous organizations that prey on thousands of senior citizens. With names like Remington Estate Services, they use deceptive practices to pressure victims into setting up living trusts that in many cases are worthless. A living trust, as opposed to a will, allows heirs to avoid probate-court proceedings since the title is vested with a trustee rather than the individual. But they can be costly--$500 to several thousand dollars. Since most people have modest estates, living trusts are not always warranted...
...Size of the triple-wide prefabricated home that was put in the Governor's garden last week for the Arkansan First Family's use while the mansion is being renovated...
Even so-called ecoterrorists who have uprooted scores of university test plots across the country in the past year use the Net to organize their lawbreaking protests. In an Internet posting from Santa Cruz last week, Earth First! beckons, "You're all invited to sunny California for a weekend of workshops, training and fun! We also have plenty of [genetically engineered] crops waiting for your night time gardening efforts." Says Carl Pope, the Sierra Club's executive director: "I've never seen an issue go so quickly...