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From: Family Practice News
Date: 20060115
Author:Kubetin, Sally Koch

Upton Sinclair, author of "The Jungle," would feel right at home at a Canadian company that is turning the parts of cows, pigs, and chickens unfit for human consumption into automobile food. Rothsay, a unit of Maple Leaf Foods, began production of the biodiesel fuel late last year at its plant near Montreal. When used to power cars, the biodiesel produces few of the products of combustion associated with global warming. Another Rothsay product is a biodiesel made from recycled cooking oil from fast food restaurants. Another hot alternate energy source under development is a ...

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