Re: Bt

Steve Groff (sgroff@epix.net)
Sat, 26 Jun 1999 19:50:36 -0400

kathryn marsh wrote:

> with all these GE plants around I'm trying to round up the research on Bt
> itself and possible toxicities etc. We've all been using the stuff for ever
> and ever but recently I've not only come across suggestions that the spores
> are not nice for breathing - which I'd expect, breathing fungus spores is
> not a good idea, but also the suggestion that bt may be an entero toxin. If
> anyone can remember toxicity studies, maybe way back at the dawn of time, I
> would be grateful
>
> kathryn

I'd like to know this information as well. A few weeks ago, I asked sanet if
anyone could confirm the studies done in France that claimed bt sprays to be
potentially dangerous. I got 0 responses. Does this means no one knows, or is
it a skeleton in the closet? Also, do bt sprays kill Monarch butterfly larvae?

Steve Groff

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