GM crops fail their own test

If you’re among the many gardeners and farmers who have entertained suspicions that corporate claims for Genetically Modified crops were overblown, congrats. You were right. Recent research has established that crop yields fall when farmers switch to GM seeds. The only thing that gets greener is corporate profits.

Exposed: The Great GM Crops Myth

By Geoffrey Lean

Genetic modification actually cuts the productivity of crops, an authoritative new study shows, undermining repeated claims that a switch to the controversial technology is needed to solve the growing world food crisis.

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~ by bothwellsblog on April 22, 2008.