Are Bt crops safe?

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1003-1009

  Mendelsohn, Mike ^a   Kough, John ^a   Vaituzis, Zigfridais ^a   Matthews, Keith ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRY PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ACUTE TOXICITY; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BT GENE; CROP PEST; CROP PRODUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH HAZARD; INSECT RESISTANCE; LAW; PEST CONTROL; PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY; PLANT PEST; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; THERMOSTABILITY; TOXICITY TESTING;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); INSECTA;

EID: 0041859467     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nbt0903-1003     Document Type: Review

References (7)

1. Biopesticides Registration Action Document (BRAD) - Bacillus thuringiensis Plant-Incorporated Protectants, US EPA, October 15, 2001. http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/biopesticides/pips/bt_brad.htm
2. Title 7, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 340, Introduction of Organisms and Products Altered or Produced Through Genetic Engineering Which Are Plant Pests or Which There is Reason to Believe Are Plant Pests.
3. Title 40, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 174, Procedures and Requirements for Plant-Incorporated Protectants. http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/biopesticides/pips/index.htm
4. Title 7, United States Code, §§ 136-136y, Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act.
5. Title 21, United States Code, §§ 301-397, Federal, Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.
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