Pesticidal Proteins (Bt) From GM Corn Plants Are Now Common In Midwest Streams

Short-lived, non-biting, adult lake fly – Chironomus plumosus. Image credit: Wikipedia Common sense tells us that, following corn harvest, fragments of corn cobs, leaves, stalks, silk, and pollen may be blown by the wind or carried across the land surface by runoff. Corn plant residues will end up in the sediments of streams lakes and reservoirs. Scientists call the result detritus. The rest of us call it ‘muck.’ It follows that if most of the corn being grown is genetically modified (“GM”) to contain toxic levels of Bt pesticide, as … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Pesticidal Proteins (Bt) From GM Corn Plants Are Now Common In Midwest Streams

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