The insecticideistheproductof a bacterialgeneinsertedintoGMmaizeandothercerealcropsto protect them against insects such as the European corn borerbeetle.
The recent hullabaloo over the controversial Seralini GMmaize study and questions about the safety of foods made from genetically modified crops has obscured another line of attack on biotechnology: claims that GM crops are environmentally unfriendly.