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The purpose of many GMO plants is to be more resilient against pesticides. The GMO plant itself isn't what kills the insects which than poison the birds.. it's
by nosuchthing 9y ago
The purpose of many GMO plants is to be more resilient against pesticides.
The GMO plant itself isn't what kills the insects which than poison the birds.. it's the poison that's sprayed on the plants.
- glibgil 9y ago> The GMO plant itself isn't what kills the insects https://entomology.ca.uky.edu/ef130 https://entomology.ca.uky.edu/ef130
- nosuchthing 9y agoWow interesting, thank you. Bt Delta Endotoxin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lipopolysaccharide#Health_effects https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lipopolysaccharide#Health_effe... an interesting side note, endotoxin test have relied on availability of horseshoe crab blood: The standard assay for detecting presence of endotoxin is the Limulus Amebocyte Lysate (LAL) assay, utilizing blood from the Horseshoe crab (Limulus polyphemus).[44] Very low levels of LPS can cause coagulation of the limulus lysate due to a powerful amplification through an enzymatic cascade. However, due to the dwindling population of horseshoe crabs, and the fact that there are factors that interfere with the LAL assay, efforts have been made to develop alternative assays, with the most promising ones being ELISA tests using a recombinant version of a protein in the LAL assay, Factor C.[
- ShorsHammer 9y agoThe incentives for GMO research are perverse, there's so much potential yet like most new tech it's been co-opted for evil. Most of the money is going into how to sell more pesticide rather than making the plants more resilient. GMO could eliminate pesticides altogether and that would make Monsanto and friends very unhappy.