Genetically modified crops

A new study, funded by the U.S. government and published in the journal Nature Biotechnology, has added to the evidence that pest resistance to genetically modified (GM) crops has been rising dramatically for decades. The study, which examines 20 years of data, focused on a specific class of GM crops that have been bioengineered to produce insect-killing proteins naturally produced by the Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) bacterium.

Mr. C.S. spotted this one, and it's a doozie, if one stops to ponder carefully what's being said. And I have to admit, when…
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Marianne Williamson – writer, activist, and minister – is still awaiting a reply to her 2014 open letter to presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. Williamson’s letter puts some very germane questions to the woman who has been called the Bride of Frankenfood.
Williamson says very succinctly at the end of her open letter:

4.79/5 (14) I had to blod about this one, because when one talks about "too little, too late," this fits the bill, and it's right up there with the Magic Bullet, with the nineteen Arab terrorists…
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4.5/5 (8) Many regular readers here shared this article, and its importance require alerting you to it. Over the years, I've been blogging about the GMO issue, and chiefly from the point of view of its…
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By Thomas Bøhn and Marek Cuhra | Independent Science News | March 24, 2014