Indiana Business Journal reports that the proteins from genetically modified crops exhibiting in Indiana waterways.
According to the Journal, the University of Notre Dame and Loyola University looked at 217 streams, ditches and drains near Indiana cornfields and found to be genetically modified (GM) bug-killing protein in 50 of them.
Proteins are genetically modified maize and other crops that are designed to produce their own pesticide when insects bite them, but when the farmers mow the fields, the residue remains from crushed plants – and it is to find their way into waterways.
"Protein made the runoff to surface water and leaves and stems, sometimes wash to streams," said Journal. "And protein 1350. the investigation was carried out six months after the harvest. "
Paper, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, says, it is not known whether the trace levels of proteins is a threat to aquatic animals in the water.
But either way – it is still married, and it is a poison that was in 85 percent of THE U.S. corn crop last year.
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