Bt toxins – Green Social Thought https://www.greensocialthought.org Produce less. Distribute it fairly. Create a greener world for all. Thu, 22 Feb 2024 04:47:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.greensocialthought.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/cropped-ggef_logo_small-1-32x32.png Bt toxins – Green Social Thought https://www.greensocialthought.org 32 32 Have Monsanto and the Biotech Industry Turned Natural Bt Pesticides Into GMO “Super Toxins”? https://www.greensocialthought.org/biodiversity-biodevastation/have-monsanto-and-biotech-industry-turned-natural-bt-pesticides-gmo-super-toxins/ Wed, 20 Dec 2017 15:53:52 +0000 https://gst.riz-om.network/reprint/have-monsanto-and-biotech-industry-turned-natural-bt-pesticides-gmo-super-toxins/ by Jonathan Latham

Is the supposed safety advantage of GMO crops over conventional chemical pesticides a mirage? According to biotech lore, the Bt pesticides introduced into many GMO food crops are natural proteins whose toxic activity extends only to narrow groups of insect species. Therefore, says the industry, these pesticides can all be safely eaten, e.g. by humans.]]> by Jonathan Latham

Is the supposed safety advantage of GMO crops over conventional chemical pesticides a mirage?

According to biotech lore, the Bt pesticides introduced into many GMO food crops are natural proteins whose toxic activity extends only to narrow groups of insect species. Therefore, says the industry, these pesticides can all be safely eaten, e.g. by humans.

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