On 25/03/11 09:22, Mark wrote:


There were rumours that some GM crops caused the death of butterfly
caterpillars. I don't know whether it was confirmed.

It was definitely confirmed, but that's what it was designed to do. It
was a sweetcorn plant with implanted genes from Bacillus thuringiensis.
It was mainly intended as a defence against the corn borer beetle but
was also effective against other pests.


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Bernard Peek