Does Bt pollen spread?

Brian Sandle bsandle at southern.co.nz
Thu May 27 18:47:21 EDT 1999



On Thu, 27 May 1999 Stelenes at aol.com wrote:
> 	Thu, 27 May 1999 14:38:27 -0400 (EDT)
> Message-ID: <d553388a.247eeb1f at aol.com>
> Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 14:38:23 EDT
> Subject: Re: Does Bt pollen spread?
> To: bsandle at kalessin.southern.co.nz, leps-l at lists.yale.edu
> 
> "When we tug at a single thing in nature, we find it attached to the rest of 
> the world" (John Muir)
> 
> There have been positive and negative comments regarding the Bt modified 
> corn.  Can someone who is against Bt-corn please comment on the following?
> 
> Bt strains of bacteria were "discovered" in 1901.  10 years later their 
> insecticidal properties were apparently demonstrated, and the organism was 
> scientifically described.  By the 1930's they began commercial use as 
> insecticides, according to what I read somewhere.
> 
> So is the cause that Bt use should cease and desist or is it that it should 
> not be delivered in GMO's?  How it is delivered seems to me to have no 
> relationship whatsoever to the resistances that some worry could be a problem 
> and need to be investigated further.
> 
> Stopping widespread Bt use would stomp out a few lucrative industries, 
> including, interestingly enough, the organically grown foods industry.
> 
> Can someone clarify this?
> 
Maybe you missed the  article
From: Neil at nwjones.demon.co.uk (Neil Jones)
Newsgroups: sci.bio.entomology.lepidoptera
Subject: Re: Bt in corn: Only Monarchs
Date: Sun, 23 May 99 19:39:15 GMT
Organization: Myorganisation
Message-ID: <927488355snz at nwjones.demon.co.uk>
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