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Bt corn is a variant of corn (aka maize), genetically
altered by methods of biotechnology to become poisonous for insects.
This was achieved by inserting a gene from the soil-dwelling
microorganism Bacillus thuringiensis (thus Bt) into
the corn genome. This gene codes for a toxin that will crystallize in
the digestive tract of insect larvae, leading to its starvation.
While announced as an outstanding example for green biotechnology by
the industry, a study from Cornell University in New York suggested
that Bt corn is poisonous to monarch butterfly larvae. research has been proving ever since that the dangers of BT are not worth the biotechnologies announced benefits.
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