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Politics : Ask Michael Burke

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To: TimF who wrote (131988)11/4/2012 10:43:22 PM
From: Skeeter Bug1 Recommendation  Read Replies (2) of 132070
 
>>Overall less pesticides are used because of genetic modification of crops<<

Stop reading Monsanto press releases and get some real news...

Pesticide use ramping up as GMO crop technology backfires-study
reuters.com

"Herbicide use 25 pct higher on biotech acres than non-biotech acres"

"Genetically engineered crops have led to an increase in overall pesticide use, by 404 million pounds from the time they were introduced in 1996 through 2011, according to the report by Charles Benbrook, a research professor at the Center for Sustaining Agriculture and Natural Resources at Washington State University".

How GM crops have increased the use of danger pesticides and created superweeds and toxin-resistant insects
dailymail.co.uk

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