Source: Andrew Porterfield, GENETIC LITERACY, 9/28/17


In June, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) registered four Monsanto-produced “SMARTSTAX PRO” products, aimed at controlling corn rootworm. This usually isn’t a big deal. But in this case, the products’ ability to control corn rootworm is based on a ribonucleic acid interference technology (RNAi).

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