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Re:Stop Bashing G.M.O. Foods, More Than 100 Nobel Laureates Say by rsync on Friday July 01, 2016 @09:53AM (#12016001)
"There's also the cautionary lesson of bt-Corn and its impact on Monarch butterflies."

What is/was the solution to that ?

If it is indeed a "cautionary tale" there is some response that we should be involved in, which, as far as I can tell is simply the anti GMO sentiment that (100 nobels) decry.

What other response has there been ?

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Re:Stop Bashing G.M.O. Foods, More Than 100 Nobel Laureates Say by jballanc on Friday July 01, 2016 @09:59AM (#12016043)
The USDA has a good page on this: https://www.ars.usda.gov/sites/monarch/

The "cautionary tale" is that releasing GMO crops before their full impact has been studied and assessed only adds fuel to the GMO/anti-GMO fire. When it was found that bt-Corn could pose a risk to Monarchs, those in the anti-GMO camp had all the ammunition they needed to start shouting about GMOs being unsafe. When it was later found that the risk was negligible in practice, the GMO camp had all the reason they needed to continue turning a deaf ear to the anti-GMO camp.

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