The bribe at issue was allegedly paid in 2001 to Patricio Tombolini, a deputy minister of transport, in exchange for a permit to operate a vehicle-testing plant.

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She said the Laboratory of the Government Chemist was looking at what levels of cross-contamination could take place in "a well-run and hygienic plant" and testing methods were also being looked at.

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While the Observos board is isn't quite ready for prime time, its already getting some serious field testing in a plant nursery, restaurant and other diverse locales.

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It took another two years to test the transgenic tubers in greenhouses and yet another two years to obtain the necessary permits from Kenya to plant the crops for field testing.

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While the Observos board is isn't quite ready for prime time, its already getting some serious field testing in a plant nursery and a potential partnership with the IEEE Humanitarian Technology Challenge could find the boards placed in health clinics in the Amazon.

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Skyonic has been testing its contraption at a pilot plant in East Texas, grabbing exhaust from a coal plant that doesn't scrub pollutants.

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Rutgers, along with a small New Jersey company -- Phytotech -- is field testing sunflowers in the polluted ponds near the Chernobyl nuclear plant.

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At the Wayne Assembly Plant, where the Focus is built, Ford imposed a rigorous testing process that James Padilla, head of Ford's North American operations, used to turn around Jaguar's quality.

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For the past 18 months engineers have been testing coal, petroleum coke (a refining by-product) and other fuels in the plant, tinkering with the catalyst and gathering data.

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