Nature May Soon Overcome Monsanto
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will be the end of Monsanto? Could it be lawsuits, new legislation, or
perhaps even a tiny insect that is less than 0.10 mm in length. A new report
reveals that rootworms may ultimately be what ends Monsanto's crops,
despite the biotech giant's rampant success within the United States
legislative system. Amazingly, western corn rootworms have virtually no
problem gobbling up Monsanto's modified maize crop, as they have
developed a serious resistance to the very crops designed to kill them.
So much so that these little critters are outpacing Monsanto's top
scientists.
To make matters worse for the company, the resistant
rootworms are maturing earlier than expected this year. And with the
enhanced growth has come enhanced birth rates, with the bug's larvae
hatching the earliest in decades. Monsanto, of course, is absolutely
defenseless against the resistant rootworms which have adapted to their
biopesticide known as Bt. At least 8 populations of insects have
developed resistance, with 2 populations resistant to Bt sprays and at
least 6 species resistant to Bt crops as a whole. The answer? Use even
more intelligence-crushing pesticides.
Rootworms, Nature Overcome Monsanto's GMO Crops
It is for this reason that the EPA has warned in the past that Monsanto's crops will soon be ravaged by the insects. In their report on the subject, the EPA states:
"Monsanto's program for monitoring suspected cases of resistance is 'inadequate.'"
The statements have been reinforced by another group
of concerned scientists. A body of 22 academic corn experts voiced
serious concerns over GMO crop failures back in March, warning that a
collapse of the GMO corn industry may soon follow - a particularly
mighty prediction when considering that 94 percent of the US supply is
currently of the genetically modified variety. It is also important to
consider that much of the corn is not used for food, but for biodiesel
purposes.
Will nature adapt to Monsanto's genetically modified
creations and lead to their downfall in the end? Time and time again
researchers and agricultural professionals have been calling upon
Monsanto and the United States government to return to traditional and sustainable farming practices - even citing the fact that Monsanto's GMOs produce even less yield.
Instead, the modified crops have overtaken much of the food supply.
Now, in the face of collapse, the only answer provided by Monsanto is to
drench crops in even more pesticides and modify their genetic coding to
an even greater degree.
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