Tech | June 20, 2011 | 6 comments

New plant disease linked to GM crops and pesticides

source: http://www.abc.net.au/rural/content/2011/s3245624.htm

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US scientists claim to have discovered a dangerous new plant disease linked to genetically modified crops and the pesticides used on them.

The research, which is yet to be completed, suggests the pathogen could be the cause of recent widespread crop failure and miscarriages in livestock.

Emeritus Professor Don Huber from Perdue University says his research shows that animals fed on GM corn or soybeans may suffer serious health problems due to the pathogen.

“They’re finding anywhere from 20 per cent to as much as 55 per cent of those [animals] will miscarriage or spontaneously abort,” he said.

“It will kill a chicken embryo for instance in 24-48 hours.”

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6 comments // New plant disease linked to GM crops and pesticides

  • damush
  • EmileZ
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      EmileZ [removed]  

    • I am confused about this "double comment" area thing.

      I can coment here, or if I click on the link I can comment elsewhere.

      GM everything is beneficial to no one who is not an evil asshole.

    • 11 months ago
  • KittinPa
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      KittinPa  

    • Over 30 years ago I worked for a doctor whose brother worked in a lab creating hybrid veggies and fruits. He thought it was the best thing in the world and of course, I also thought it pretty amazing.

      We do a pretty large garden every year and wonder about the seeds we plant. They can claim they're clean, but who knows and we are organic. What doesn't help is that we're surrounded by farms and they spray their fields several times a year. Feels hopeless sometimes.

    • 11 months ago
  • sammykatz
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      sammykatz  

    • Concerns re the safety of GMO's is decades old; all the concerns were downplayed and Dow. Monsanto, et al, have been busy poisoning the entire global food chain...

    • 12 months ago
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