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To: Scythian
Bt is both a substance AND a chemical - it is not a bacteria - it is a bacterial toxin.

The gene to produce this toxin is taken from the bacteria and introduced into Corn Cotton and other crops.

The toxin is also used DIRECTLY as a pesticide.

Thus the study that points exclusively to GM crops as the likely source of this Bt toxin doesn't seem to want to deal with the fact that this stuff is also sprayed directly onto non GM crops.

Smells like an agenda to me.

10 posted on 05/25/2011 7:37:24 AM PDT by allmendream (Tea Party did not send the GOP to D.C. to negotiate the terms of our surrender to socialism.)
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To: allmendream

Bacillus thuringiensis (or Bt) is a Gram-positive, soil-dwelling bacterium.


12 posted on 05/25/2011 7:57:13 AM PDT by Scythian
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To: allmendream

In reality, organic farmers are the ones who use in on non-GMO crops.


15 posted on 05/25/2011 8:07:01 AM PDT by tiki
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