It is of course better than chemical pesticides. the issue is one or more companies
using it in a way that guarantees pest resistance in a short period of time.
example only
100,000 farmers use it on a couple crops a year for the next 100+ years.
1,000 big agribusinesses use it all the time IN crops for the next 10 years and then
all the corn borers are Bt resistant.

GM uses good alternatives and makes a big quick profit vs lots of farmers using it
maybe forever. Ingrid

Frogleg wrote:
I find it odd that some of the same people who are adamently against
the use of chemical pesticides are equally against a technology
designed to *reduce* the use of those same chemicals. Bacillus
thuringiensis is generally regarded as a relatively benign control for
specific food pests.



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