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Nano Pesticides now in Use; Genetic Firewall for GMOs; Insecticide Risk Map for Aquatic Life
Everything you need to know about nanopesticides. Their minuscule size makes them efficient, but also unpredictable. That’s what worries scientist Stacey Harper: The first nano-formulations of pesticides are quietly making their way onto agricultural fields, and she wants to know what happens next.
Creating a ‘genetic firewall’ for GMOs. Synthetic amino acids may one day allow scientists to create “genetic firewalls” that prevent GMO crops or animals from escaping into the wild and causing environmental damage, according to Harvard and Yale researchers.
Insecticide risk map exposes threat to aquatic life. The global threat that insecticides pose for aquatic biodiversity has been revealed in a recent modelling study that pinpoints areas at greatest risk.
