Z:gnu-www-ja-gates--2f01d4-Gates' philanthropy for health/en

Gates' philanthropy for health care for poor countries has won some people's good opinion. The LA Times reported that his foundation spends five to 10% of its money annually and invests the rest, sometimes in companies it suggests cause environmental degradation and illness in the same poor countries. (2010 update: The Gates Foundation is supporting a project with agribusiness giant Cargill on a project that could involve pushing genetically modified crops in Africa.)