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The Rootworm of All Evil
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26 Feb 2003 |
Daily Grist |
| The Rootworm of All Evil In a major win for the biotech industry, the U.S. government yesterday gave Monsanto the green light to sell corn that has been genetically modified to resist rootworm disease, the most significant threat to the crop. The effort to combat rootworm has been the single biggest reason farmers use pesticides, so the decision will be a test case of whether genetically modified crops will bene ... |
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| Topics: food and agriculture, GMOs, toxics, US EPA (all these topics) |
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