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To: Edwarda who wrote (38480)	5/23/1999 7:27:00 PM
From: Ish	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

<<in the case of tomatoes, I might have a bit of a bone to pick with you on the issue of taste, Ish.>> You have a bone, pick it, I'm open to new ideas. My thought was if they were bred just for lack of the rot gene the taste gene might be lost. <<Seriously, though, the effect of the BT corn pollen on Monarch butterflies is one pretty grim reminder, >> I'm kinda with you here. I love Monarchs. The study of BT pollen was in a lab. Paint it on and introduce the caterpillar. Look, it died. Of course it died. Concentrations were much higher than found in nature plus no wind or rain to reduce the pollen. The U of I did a study and no problem with the Monarchs. They are doing another study this year. I can't understand the resistance to BT corn. It was developed as an alternative to pesticides that are killing the world. It will be refined further, they are working on it now.