GE Crops that are supposed to kill pests in fact nourish them!

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Research reveals:

GE crops that are supposed to kill pests in fact nourish them

 

In yet another blow to the credibility of the biotech industry, British and

Venezuelan researchers have discovered that genetically engineered crops that

are supposed to kill pests can actually nourish them instead.

 

Among the most common genetically engineered foods are crops such as corn that

are engineered to produce the naturally occurring poison, Bacillus thuringiensis

(Bt). Well over 100 million acres of Bt crops have been planted worldwide.

 

Scientists have long recognized that overuse of Bt may lead to pesticide

resistance. But the British newspaper The Independent reports that the new

research " adds an alarming new twist, suggesting that pests can actually use the

poison as a food and that the crops, rather than automatically controlling them,

can actually help them to thrive. "

 

In their study, researchers worked with the larvae of the diamondback moth, a

troublesome pest in the southern United States and the tropics. They fed one

group of larvae normal cabbage leaves, and one that had been treated with a Bt

toxin. Astonishingly, the larvae eating the Bt-treated leaves grew much bigger

and faster -- at a 56 percent higher growth rate.

 

The scientists discovered that the larvae " are able to digest and utilize " the

toxin and may be using it as a " supplementary food. " The scientists conclude

that " Bt transgenic crops could therefore have unanticipated nutritionally

favorable effects, increasing the fitness of resistant populations. "

 

Pete Riley, food campaigner for Friends of the Earth, told The Independent: " It

destroys the [biotech] industry's whole case that insect-resistant GM crops can

have anything to do with sustainable farming. "

 

 

 

 

 

 

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