Louis J. Sheehan, Esquire . To combat insect resistance to the widely used pesticide Bt, an
international research team has announced a new way to restore the
pesticide's punch. http://members.greenpeace.org/blog/purposeforporpoise
The insect-killing Bt toxins take their name from Bacillus thuringiensis,
the bacterium that makes them. Genetic engineers have borrowed the
bacterium's toxin-making genes and inserted them into cotton, corn, and
other crops so that the plants can make
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