GMO, Science: “In the US, transgenic corn has strengthened the parasite it should have fought”

The indiscriminate use of “Bt” corn in the US has strengthened rather than weakened the beetle it should have fought: this is the conclusion of a very large study published on February 27 in Science. According to scientists, transgenic technology could soon prove obsolete. Until about ten years ago, scholars had no doubts: the extension of fields cultivated with Bt corn in the US led not only to an increase in crop yield, but also to a clear red…

The sowing of ma z under biotechnological processes to remain restricted, although not their consumption, according to the decree published in DOF.

Green newsfilter comments on the news about protecting the planet from the past week. There is a lot of talk about the harmfulness of GMOs, little evidence, the real problem is patents. American megacorporations are deleting mentions of climate change. While in Slovakia the debate about genetically modified crops turned to the statement of the government plenipotentiary for the investigation of the pandemic, Peter Kotlár, who compared vaccinated…

On March 17, 2025, the President of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum, signed and published in the Diario Oficial de la Federación (DOF) the decree prohibiting the planting of transgenic maize in the country. This reform amends articles 4 and 27 of the Constitution of the United Mexican States and will enter into force on March 18, 2025. The reform establishes that the cultivation of maize in the national territory must be carried out without genetic mo…

President Claudia Sheinbaum signed the reform that prohibits GM maize cultivation in the Constitution, despite the recent ruling against the dispute under the Treaty between the...

Mexico is self-sufficient in white maize for human consumption, but in 2023 it imported more than $3.5 billion of U.S. corn.