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Monday, August 23, 2010

Genetically Manipulated Crops: GMO Catastrophe in US a Lesson for the World | Food Freedom

As prominent GMO opponent and biologist, Dr Mae-Wan Ho of the Institute of Science in London has noted, companies such as Monsanto build into their seeds herbicide-tolerance (HT) due to glyphosate-insensitive form of the gene coding for the enzyme targeted by the herbicide. The enzyme is derived from soil bacterium Agrobacterium tumefaciens. Insect-resistance is due to one or more toxin genes derived from the soil bacterium Bt (Bacillus thuringiensis).

Genetically Manipulated Crops: GMO Catastrophe in US a Lesson for the World | Food Freedom

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