Thursday, July 11, 2013

Farmers Fall Back on Pesticides as GMO Seeds Plagued with Superinsects, Superweeds

by Sarah Rae Fruchtnicht, Wed, July 10, 2013
"Despite genetic modifications to seeds by biotech companies like Monsanto to make plants insect-resistant, pests have developed immunity, and farmers are falling back on chemical insecticide to protect their crops.
A corn hybrid invented by biotech companies was designed with a gene called Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt), in order to poison rootworm, but the bugs are making a comeback."

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also read farms and superweeds

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