Scientists at Rothamsted Research in Hertfordshire, working on a kind of wheat which they say would need less pesticide and bring other benefits have written an open letter to protestors who are determined to try to close down the site where the crops are going to be grown.

BBC: GM researcher: 'Please don't destroy our crop'

Bt cotton, named after a tiny bug, Bacillus thuringiensis, whose insect-fighting properties have been transferred (to several crops besides cotton) not to sell more herbicide, Roundup or any other, but to require less pesticide.

ECONOMIST: Non-food GM

Kemery recommended that parents try other pest-control tactics before resorting to pesticide use in the home or garden.

CNN: Study: ADHD linked to pesticide exposure

In other words, consumers who buy overpriced organic foods in order to avoid pesticide exposure are focusing their attention on 0.01% of the pesticides they consume.

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