New Genetically Engineered Crop Will Sharply Increase Use of Toxic - TopicsExpress



          

New Genetically Engineered Crop Will Sharply Increase Use of Toxic Pesticide, a "Probable Human Carcinogen" Center for Food Safety, August 29 2013 bit.ly/14J92VN The U.S. Department of Agriculture has quietly approved the first of a new generation of GE crops resistant to more toxic herbicides. The first crop to pass the low regulatory bar was a Bayer soybean variety genetically engineered to withstand direct application of the herbicide isoxaflutole (IFT), which according to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is a “probable human carcinogen.”
Posted on: Fri, 30 Aug 2013 11:10:40 +0000

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