So here something that would creep me out if I lived in a state like Nebraska "corn states" quote from
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetically_modified_maize Effects of Bt corn on nontarget insectsIn May 1999, a laboratory at
Cornell University published the results from a laboratory trial that appeared to indicate the
pollen of genetically modified Bt corn presented a threat to
monarch caterpillars. Unlike many pesticides, the Bt-corn has been shown to have no effect on many "nontarget" organisms -- pollinators such as honeybees or beneficial predators of pests like ladybugs. But the Bt-modified corn produces pollen containing crystalline endotoxin from the bacterium genes. When this corn pollen is dispersed by the wind, it lands on other plants, including milkweed, the exclusive food of monarch caterpillars and commonly found around cornfields. In the laboratory tests, monarchs fed milkweed leaves dusted with so-called transformed pollen from a Bt-corn hybrid ate less, grew more slowly and suffered a higher mortality rate, the researchers report. Nearly half of these larvae died, while all of the monarch caterpillars fed leaves dusted with nontransformed corn pollen or fed leaves without corn pollen survived the study Several factors make monarch caterpillars particularly likely to make contact with corn pollen, Losey says. Monarch larvae feed exclusively on milkweed because it provides protection against predators. The plant contains cardenolides, which are toxic, bitter chemicals that the monarch caterpillar incorporates into its body tissues, rendering it unpalatable to predators. Milkweed grows best in "disturbed" habitats, like the edges of cornfields, Losey notes...
From crops being roundup ready ..to terminator seeds to tomatoes that don't rot all the way to corn that pretty much bleeds poison to kill the insects that feed on it ... I plain to cover just about everything good or bad there is know about this .. Are generation is the 1st to ever have something like this effect are diet are health .. And way in which we farm and cultivate this planet .. Now not to mislead you but I my self am strongly against gmo's but.. "It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it". Aristotle. . So now I do entertain both the idea that we need them and the idea that we don't .. What I would like do with this thread is to educate learn and hear your thoughts options and your facts on this subject ...
