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Oh, I'm Glad I'm Not in the Land of Cotton
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21 Jun 2002 |
Daily Grist |
| Oh, I'm Glad I'm Not in the Land of Cotton For the first time, genetically modified insects have been released in the wild, in a secret location in the cotton fields of Arizona. The insects, pink bollworms, were modified by scientists to effectively destroy their own species; they are designed to be sterile, so that when they mate with natural bollworms, no offspring will result. Concern about the development is coming f ... |
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| Topics: Arizona, business, GMOs, wildlife (all these topics) |
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