Modified corn seeds sow doubts
Consumer groups worry Health Canada 'abdicated its responsibility' to test seeds' safety
With so much crammed into one seed, the modified corn will be able to confer multiple benefits, such as resistance to corn borers and rootworms, two caterpillar-like pests that infest the valuable grain crop, as well as withstanding applications of glyphosate, a weed killer better known by its commercial name, Roundup.
But a controversy has arisen over the new seeds, which were approved for use last month by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency: ...
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Risking the genes of a prime food source is very risky.