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75% Of All Corn, Soybeans & Cotton Grown In US Are GMOs
via All Gov
First the numbers: crops modified by scientists to be herbicide-tolerant (HT) are now just about everywhere on U.S. farms.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) says that 93% of all soybeans in the country were the HT variety as of last year. HT cotton comprised 82% of that crop in 2013, while HT corn dominated 85% of that crop’s acreage last year.
Another type of modified corn contains the gene from the soil bacterium Bt (Bacillus thuringiensis), which makes the plant toxic to certain pests, like the rootworm. Going with Bt corn allowed farmers to use less insecticide, reduce costs and curtail environmental pollution. That’s why Bt corn became so popular, making up 76% of all corn acreage in 2013.
This is pretty gross. If GMOs are suppose tobetowards helping countries and people who cant grow their own food or haveso little of itthat they die then why are they doing it here in America? I feel like a Guinea Pig. I love corn, I eat corn all the time.
