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Pastimes : Let's Talk About Our Feelings!!!
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To: Ish who wrote (100464)4/6/2005 7:24:40 PM
From: Grainne  Read Replies (1) of 108807
 
Well now I've been doing some more reading, and discover that GMO crops don't actually reduce pesticide use. GMO corn is susceptible to pests that BT doesn't protect against. Just look at these statistics! You also totally ignored my other point (did you read the material I posted) about the possibility of organic agriculture being destroyed completely because BT is all they are allowed to use, and if pests develop BT resistance, all their crops could be destroyed. Do you really think it is a good idea to play around with genetic engineering that could destroy farmers' ability to grow healthy crops?

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A new study reveals that while US pesticide use dropped during the three first years of commercial GM crop cultivation, it has increased sharply thereafter according to a new study highlighted by the UK's Farmers Weekly Interactive 28 October 2004:

"GM maize, soybeans and cotton have led to a 55,000 tonnes increased in pesticide use since 1996, according to the study published by the Northwest Science and Environmental Policy Center.... Bt crops have helped reduce insecticide use by 7,000 tonnes from 1996, while herbicide use on HT crops has increased by 62,000 tonnes. The overall pesticide use has risen by about 4.1% on the US GM acreage, according to the study.... Average application rates of glyphosate in HT weed management systems have jumped sharply in the last few years... The study is based on official US Department of Agriculture data on pesticide use over 670m acres of GM maize, soya and cotton."
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