http://prismwebcastnews.com/2008/04/17/ge-failures-continue/ Ecology, Sustainability, Equality, Democracy, Peace Tue, 22 May 2012 07:28:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://prismwebcastnews.com/2008/04/17/ge-failures-continue/#comment-17008 Biotech Propaganda Meets Scientific Reality by Science News Review Tue, 29 Apr 2008 18:51:41 +0000 http://prismwebcastnews.com/pwn/?p=2398#comment-17008 [...] The crop failures and their tragic effects on farmers in poorer nations may be a product of the technology itself according to some analysts. US scientists have finally called for more access to biotech crop data so they can perform studies to assess environmental impacts of the technology as well. Indications are that herbicide resistance has increased herbicide usage (polluting land and water), led to pest immunity (with increased crop losses), creates “superweeds” from wild relatives that are hard to eradicate, and may even have something to do with massive die-offs of bees in recent years. [...] [...] The crop failures and their tragic effects on farmers in poorer nations may be a product of the technology itself according to some analysts. US scientists have finally called for more access to biotech crop data so they can perform studies to assess environmental impacts of the technology as well. Indications are that herbicide resistance has increased herbicide usage (polluting land and water), led to pest immunity (with increased crop losses), creates “superweeds” from wild relatives that are hard to eradicate, and may even have something to do with massive die-offs of bees in recent years. [...]

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