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Default India weaponizes the deadly bhut jolokia chili pepper

On Wed, 01 Aug 2012 09:59:04 -0400, George >
wrote:

> On 8/1/2012 2:17 AM, Paul M. Cook wrote:
> > "Mark Thorson" > wrote in message
> > ...
> >> They're extracting the capsaicin from it.
> >> A big boon to the small farmers that grow it.
> >>
> >> http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012...n-army-farmers
> >>
> >> I wonder if it's actually cheaper than making
> >> capsaicin synthetically.

> >
> > When you have 700 million people working for 2 bucks a day, yeah it is
> > cheaper.
> >
> > Paul
> >
> >

> I didn't know they got that much? Are they the same folks that make all
> of those shiny ipads, iphones and iwhatevers?


They've moved manufacturing from China?

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