[MedicalConspiracies] Australian vegetables poisoned as police probe sabotage

Australian vegetables poisoned
as police probe sabotage

Police in Australia are investigating the poisoning of seven million
vegetable seedlings, including tomatoes, aubergines and melons.

Detectives believe a herbicide was injected into the irrigation system at a
nursery in northern Queensland.

The Australian farm minister described the poisoning at a Queensland nursery
- the fourth such incident in eight years - as "sabotage".

Farmers and analysts say the price of vegetables will increase as a result.

The cost of the damage is estimated at AUS $23.5m (£19.7m; $20.3m US), said
Denise Kreymborg of the regional growers' association.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/asia_pacific/10559447.stm