[leps-talk] The Bt debate--take a cautious view

[J. C. Lucier]

Mike:

Here's the disclaimer:

This paper was submitted directly (Track II) to the PNAS office.
?To whom reprint requests should be addressed. E-mail: oberh001 at tc.umn.edu.
The publication costs of this article were defrayed in part by page charge
payment. This
article must therefore be hereby marked "advertisement" in accordance with
18 U.S.C.
§1734 solely to indicate this fact.

This article outlines the beginning of the multi-country research on Bt
Corn. I have included only the first paragraph:

***Bt Corn and the Monarch Butterfly: Research Update
Originally published in ""Genetically Modified Organisms in
Agriculture-Economics and Politics,"" edited by Gerald C. Nelson,
electronically posted with permission from Academic Press, London.
Richard L. Hellmich
USDA--ARS, Corn Insects and Crop Genetics Research Unit, and Department of
Entomology Iowa State University
Blair D. Siegfried
Department of Entomology, Unviversity of Nebraska-Lincoln
 A request for proposals based on these priorities was announced April 7,
2000. USDA--ARS and *industry*, through an unrestricted gift from the
Agricultural Biotechnology Stewardship Technical Committee, each made
$100,000 available for research projects outlined by the consortium. ***
The *industry* consortium is Monsanto, Novartis and Seneca.

I'll post the "Bush nominated ex-Monsanto employees to the FDA" story later.
This subject is near and dear to my heart. Bt corn is having a devastating
effect on Monarchs, Black Swallowtail, Giant and Viceroy. I live next door
to it.

Jackie Lucier

P.S.: Mike, it's nice to know somebody beside me actually read what little
they chose to 'feed' us. Have you tried to get copies of the research?



 
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