fact and fiction
Jan. 9th, 2012 09:34 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
twoelevena random person sent me a suggestion for the truth in life site, and when i asked about what he thought of the site, he mentioned that he found it informative, specifically, "I had not realized the variability in DNA; that any one specimen cannot be the sole definition of the species.".
...and thus another one is enlightened, or at least slightly better informed.
but on the other hand, i'm always amazed at the willingness of forces of ignorance to make shit up:
not, of course, that i expect anything else from the forces of ignorance.
...and thus another one is enlightened, or at least slightly better informed.
but on the other hand, i'm always amazed at the willingness of forces of ignorance to make shit up:
Scientists refute Greenpeace claim that genetically modified corn caused new insect pestvia eurekalert.
A new article refutes claims that the western bean cutworm is 'a new plant pest' that was 'caused by genetically engineered corn'
An article in the forthcoming issue of the Journal of Integrated Pest Management (JIPM) refutes claims by Greenpeace Germany that the western bean cutworm (WBC), Striacosta albicosta (Smith), is "a new plant pest" that was "caused by genetically engineered corn." The Greenpeace Germany report, which was written by author Christoph Then of Testbiotech, offers a "surprisingly simplistic conclusion" regarding the spread of western bean cutworm over the last decade, according to the JIPM authors.
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Despite the Greenpeace claim, the WBC is neither "new" nor has it caused "massive damage" recently. The WBC was originally collected in Arizona in the 1880s and was considered an economic pest of beans and corn as early as 1915. Over the last decade its range has expanded, but documentation of economically damaging infestations has been relatively limited.
The Greenpeace claim that the WBC has historically "been confined to very limited regions and did not cause any major problems in maize crops" is also untrue, according to the authors. Farmers in Nebraska reported major problems as early as 1962, and instead of being "confined to very limited regions," the WBC was documented throughout the western Great Plains from Mexico to Alberta, where it was found in the mid 1950s, despite the Greenpeace claim that it was found in Canada for the first time as recently as 2009.
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not, of course, that i expect anything else from the forces of ignorance.