Transfer of the Bt transgene could cause our intestinal flora to produce Bt-toxin.
With increased exposure to Bt crops and through selective pressure, the number
of gut bacteria producing Bt may increase over time.
Since Bt-toxin has been associated with immune responses and damaged cells in
animal intestines, long-term exposure may cause significant health problems.
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Check out the Le Monde research.
You may want to include it in future
editions
Comments by Jeffrey M. Smith
Date: May 11, 2007
Thank you for this update, which we will be sure to include in the newer editions of Genetic Roulette. Le Monde wrote an article about this new research, which is posted here: http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/
article_4790.cfm.
