Toni,
Chuck wrote:
>> IATP, SEHN, and CPI/CU announce the availability of comments
>> submitted Jan 7, 2000 to the EUP on the Monsanto application for an
>> Experimental Use Permit for Cry3Bb transgenic corn, engineered to
>> emit Bt through roots and root exudates
Chuck is using deliberately inflammatory language here. These varieties are
engineered to contain a Bt toxin (a peptide) that kills or stunts rootworm
larvae as they feed on the roots. Peptides are labile in the soil, unless
they are bound and sequestered so tightly as not to move.
> "exudate" into groundwater/drinking water for my well -
> they *are* **insane** !!
Are you worried that these peptides will get into your well water? I
believe it can be shown that they will not move or build up in the
environment. I'll try to find out for sure. In any case, this kind of
biological control is preferable from an environmental quality perspective,
to the application of persistent, broad-spectrum, synthetic insecticides to
the soil.
Dale
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