Monsanto GM Corn Falls Prey to Bug It Was Suppose to Thwart, Threatening Organic
Updated: 2011-08-31 07:17:47
(Beyond Pesticides, August 31, 2011) Widely grown corn plants that Monsanto Co. genetically modified to thwart a voracious bug are falling prey to that very pest in Iowa cornfields, the first time a major Midwest scourge has developed resistance to a genetically modified crop. The discovery raises concerns that the biotech crops are spawning “superbugs” [...]