GMO organic sustainable

The likelihood of pollen from GE cotton causing harm to the environment is about as likely as a poodle escaping into the wild

pronald | November 11, 2010

One more day to vote in the , which asks the question "Is Biotechnology compatible with sustainable agriculture?" PZ Myers answers the question this way: "this is weird: agriculture is biotechnology, and just breaking ground with a sharp stick and throwing some seeds in is an example of an 'unnatural' human practice" He also publishes the opposition's "top secret email", which has some gobbledy-gook about how farmers are turning against GE crops (um, name one?) and contaminating nature (massive reductions in insecticide use on BT cotton fields and enhanced biodiversity is destruction?). PZ…

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The likelihood of pollen from GE cotton causing harm to the environment is about as likely as a poodle escaping into the wild

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