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Old 15-08-2003, 06:02 PM
LeeAnne
 
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Default Organic Corn Kills Butterflies??? what the?

I wonder if the corn borers could become resistant to a natural organism?
Which, to my understanding is what the Bt is - a bacteria that affects only
the borer? Much like those mosquito dunks you use in ponds -- it affects
only the mosquito larvae - I think it's also some type of Bt. If I am
wrong, please correct me.

LeeAnne

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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