He's hoping the upcoming Fringe, an X-Files-like science fiction drama from Lost creator JJ Abrams, will prove a push in that direction.

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Some of the fringe activist groups opposed to genetic engineering have an anti-science, anti-technology, anti-business agenda, but given the environmental advantages of Roundup-ready seeds it's puzzling that a group like the Sierra Club, one of the co-plaintiffs in the alfalfa and sugar beet litigation, is working so hard to keep the seeds off the market.

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Despite these and many other slips into the fringe, Broun was uncontested in his most recent election and serves on the House Science Committee.

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