Crowds of people were milling around the cavernous exhibition hall, eatingsandwiches and peering at displays of water-saving toilets, recyclable carpets, soybean-based insulation, low-energy lighting, and counters made of reused concrete.
It consisted of three men and three women in their twenties, who were eatingsandwiches and grapes in the kitchenette of a cramped office, above a lab that was packed with a DNA synthesizer, a flow cytometer, and other equipment.
"He said that the conditions have gotten so bad that they're asking them to use the restroom in bags, and they were eating onion sandwiches, " McKerreghan said.