BOTH SIDES OF THE FENCE There have been several highly publicized— and subsequently debunked— genetically modified (GM) food scares ["Don't Eat Again Until You Read This," March]. The most recent involved a study claiming that Bt corn pollen might cause harm to the monarch butterfly. A subsequent study by the EPA revealed that this was not the case. With the world's population projected to top 10 billion within the next few decades, we will be forced to increase food production. To meet those needs without GM foods would require clear-cutting vast amounts of land to convert it for agricultural purposes. We need to balance the harm this would cause against the risks of using more efficient GM seed products.
Christopher Jung Alexandria, Virginia
If Round-Up Ready soybeans mean more Round-Up spraying, almost all creatures, great and small, potentially lose. And as mentioned in the article, Bt toxins may have catastrophic ...
