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Are you aware of what the effects of pesticides like Bt are in mammals? They have been tested.
by Kalium 10y ago
Are you aware of what the effects of pesticides like Bt are in mammals? They have been tested.
- Bartweiss 10y agoYes. My concern was with several cultivars that specifically produce non-mammal-safe pesticides, but are intended to produce them only (or primarily) in non-edible parts of the plant. There are lots of pesticides we absolutely shouldn't eat, and there's been some controversy over whether specific strains (of corn, largely) keep them at safe levels in the edible components of the crop. I don't mean to imply general opposition to pesticides, just very specific combinations of pesticide/crop/cultivar.
- sampo 10y ago> My concern was with several cultivars that specifically produce non-mammal-safe pesticides Which crops and cultivars are these? Could you name or link to some examples? Wikipedia seems to list only crops which produce Bt-toxin: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetically_modified_crops#Pest_resistance https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetically_modified_crops#Pes...