Mother Nature Wins Again: Insects Develop Resistance to Genetically Modified Corn
Source: thedailysheeple.com
There’s been a lot of back and forth about the adverse health effects of GMO foods between the producers of genetically modified seeds and their counterparts in the organic industry.
According to producers of the scientifically engineered seeds GMO’s are necessary in order to keep the flow of food coming to a demanding American public. To achieve this goal developers have modified the genetics of seeds so that they produce toxins that are poisonous to insects.One such seed that is used on some 85% of farms in America is a GMO-modified form of maize, which is designed to kill the western corn rootworm (Diabrotica virgifera virgifera). The corn was first approved for use in the United States by the FDA in 2003. It worked well for several years, with crop destruction from the rootworm reaching extremely low levels.
But by 2009 things had changed drastically and as of today it looks like the rootworm has effectively created an almost total resistance to the engineered plant.
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