It looks like you're using an Ad Blocker.
Please white-list or disable AboveTopSecret.com in your ad-blocking tool.
Thank you.
Some features of ATS will be disabled while you continue to use an ad-blocker.
Monsanto plans to kill off bee colonies in order to introduce a "new and improved" genetically engineered bee that will only pollinate Monsanto crops.
Originally posted by Phage
I wonder how the bees know which crops are Monsanto's.
I thought people were worried about non GMO crops being pollinated by GMO crops.
Abstract of a scientific paper published in June 2005. Though this is not recent news, it is very interesting in the context of the recent honeybee disappearances
Originally posted by Phage
A soon to be whistle blower says so.
Well that's good enough for me. I wonder how the bees know which crops are Monsanto's.
Strange though, I thought people were worried about non GMO crops being pollinated by GMO crops. I guess that's not a problem at all.edit on 3/26/2012 by Phage because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by LightSpeedDriver
I would say it is not impossible for someone with enough knowledge to make something that targets an animal while at the same time producing a GE animal that is resistant to said pathogen. Didn't they do the same with Round Up and Round Up Ready Corn? I think it's at least worth keeping an eye on.
Yup the Round-Up Pesticide is normally so poisonous that it kills the plant
Originally posted by Phage
reply to post by hawkiye
Monsanto is working on increasing its profits, like any business.
They've been doing it since long before GMOs were a gleam in anyone's eye.
Strange though, I thought people were worried about non GMO crops being pollinated by GMO crops. I guess that's not a problem at all.
Originally posted by syrinx high priest
wasn't the colony collapse disorder linked to a virus ?
if you could link that virus to monsanto, I would like to have a few minutes alone with their CEO
A 1998 study on mice concluded that Roundup is able to cause genetic damage. The authors concluded that the damage was "not related to the active ingredient, but to another component of the herbicide mixture".
A 2009 study on mice has found that a single intraperitoneal injection of Roundup in concentration of 25 mg/kg caused chromosomal aberrations and induction of micronuclei.
A 2009 in vitro experiment with glyphosate formulations on human liver cells has observed DNA damages at sub-agricultural doses, where a Roundup formulation showed to be the most active formulation. The effects were more dependent on the formulation than on the glyphosate concentration.