- 1. GM Bt toxins harm beneficial wasp that helps cotton farmers defeat pests ...
- (2023)
- ... insecticidal toxins in GM Bt plants. In other words, the GM Bt toxins are supposed to kill the fall armyworm. However, this pest has developed resistance to the Bt toxins, meaning that GM Bt cotton farmers ...
- Created on 16 August 2023
- 2. Corn pests showing signs of resistance to Bt toxin Vip3Aa ...
- (2021)
- Researchers suggest prohibiting selling and planting Vip3Aa corn in the cotton-growing regions of the US to try to save cotton crops Bt crops are ineffective when pests adapt to Bt toxins. Some populations ...
- Created on 04 November 2021
- 3. Are GM plants with Bt toxins 20 times more toxic than previously known? ...
- (2020)
- EFSA has for decades ignored crucial data from Monsanto Data from Monsanto revealed that Bt proteins expressed in genetically modified (GM) plants are significantly more toxic than natural Bt toxins, ...
- Created on 18 December 2020
- 4. Stop new toxins in GMO foods! ...
- (2020)
- US ACTION ALERT from the Center for Food Safety The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has a new plan to eliminate regulation of certain toxins produced in food crops by means of genetic engineering. ...
- Created on 19 November 2020
- 5. GM Bt toxins harm caddisflies ...
- (2020)
- ... d the Bt toxins they contain, on non-target creatures. These creatures include insects helpful to farmers, such as honeybees and the pest predators ladybirds and lacewings. Aquatic organisms and benefici ...
- Created on 06 April 2020
- 6. Chronic kidney disease epidemic may be result of high heat, toxins ...
- (2019)
- ... kidney disease epidemic may be result of high heat, toxins by David Kelly CU Anschutz Today, May 8, 2019 https://www.cuanschutztoday.org/chronic-kidney-disease-epidemic-may-be-result-of-high-heat-toxins/ ...
- Created on 10 May 2019
- 7. Glyphosate is lethal to, and Cry toxins alter the development of, the stingless bee ...
- (2018)
- Study shows GMO-associated toxins shown are harmful to an important pollinator Cry toxins are the insecticidal toxins in GM Bt crops. Glyphosate herbicide is used on at least 85% of all GM crops grown ...
- Created on 29 October 2018
- 8. Former EFSA GMO Panel member says GM Bt crop toxin allergy study is solid ...
- (2018)
- ... g that GM Bt crops could be allergenic has "solid scientifically grounded results", according to a report in EU Food Policy.[1] The study performed in mice found that the GM Bt toxin Cry1Ac is immunogen ...
- Created on 25 October 2018
- 9. Commission asks EFSA for urgent assessment of allergenicity of GM crop Bt toxin ...
- (2018)
- Question follows study in mice showing the GM Bt toxin Cry1Ac is immunogenic, allergenic, and able to induce anaphylaxis The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has been asked to look again at ...
- Created on 19 October 2018
- 10. GM Bt toxin is immunogenic, allergenic, and causes pre-cancerous intestinal changes ...
- (2018)
- New study raises further safety concerns over GM Bt crops GM Bt crops are engineered to express Bt toxins, insecticides that are intended to kill pests that feed on the crops. The GMO industry claims ...
- Created on 09 August 2018
- 11. Bollworms from many areas in US southern states now resistant to Bt toxins ...
- (2018)
- ... colonies to determine how they respond to varying concentrations of Bt toxins in their diet. In 2016, their work revealed larvae from many of the colonies survived after eating diets treated with concentrations ...
- Created on 25 April 2018
- 12. Two pests targeted by GM Bt toxins hybridise to form global mega-pest ...
- (2018)
- Cotton bollworm and corn earworm have outsmarted GM Bt and chemical insecticides and have now joined forces The cotton bollworm and corn earworm are two pests targeted by the Bt toxins engineered ...
- Created on 15 April 2018
- 13. Sind Bt-Toxine aus GVO sicher für Mensch und Umwelt? ...
- (German General)
- ... eine aus GV-Organismen (GVO) systematisch mit natürlichen Bt-Toxinen und zeigt auf, daß viele der Elemente, die für ihre begrenzte Giftigkeit verantwortlich sind, von den Entwicklern der GVO bei dem V ...
- Created on 08 January 2018
- 14. GMO Bt toxins: Safe for people and environment or super toxins? ...
- (2017)
- ... in the process of inserting Bt toxins into crops. Thus developers have made GMO insecticides that, in the words of one Monsanto patent, are "super toxins". The authors additionally conclude that reference ...
- Created on 04 October 2017
- 15. Worm rebellion continues in US against Bt toxins ...
- (2017)
- Bollworm populations threaten Bt cotton again this year EXCERPT: Last year, Texas A&M Extension entomologist David Kerns confirmed that some bollworm populations are resistant to Cry1Ac, the Bt protein ...
- Created on 03 August 2017
- 16. Organic produce doesn’t have higher levels of mycotoxins ...
- (2017)
- New study shows attacks on organic produce by agribusiness lobbyists are wrong Mycotoxins are toxins produced by moulds that can cause disease and death in humans and animals. They can colonise crops ...
- Created on 15 June 2017
- 17. Organic wheat dodges mycotoxin ...
- (2017)
- ... Canada were plagued with fusarium fungal disease, which can produce mycotoxins that can harm humans and livestock. Organic farms were not affected by the disease. Many Saskatchewan farmers use glyphosate ...
- Created on 03 April 2017
- 18. Herculex Bt toxin trait fails against western bean cutworm ...
- (2016)
- ... ave been exacerbated by the use of 5% or 10% refuge-in-a-bag hybrids, which allows insects to feed on a mosaic of Bt and non-Bt-traited kernels of varying toxin strength, DiFonzo noted. No research yet ...
- Created on 12 October 2016
- 19. No solution yet to Bt toxin failure ...
- (2016)
- Three out of four Bt toxin genes are failing as rootworm pests become resistant. Now scientists from DuPont Pioneer have discovered a new rootworm-killing gene – but GM crops containing it won't be read ...
- Created on 23 September 2016
- 20. Corn rootworms quickly evolve resistance to multiple Bt toxins in GM maize ...
- (2016)
- ... pest is resistant to multiple Bt toxins. The study also found that cross-resistance is prevalent and evolves rapidly – in other words, exposure to one type of Bt toxin causes the pest to become resistant ...
- Created on 10 July 2016