Illegal US GM cotton deemed safe
The US authorities have declared that the accidental harvesting of an unapproved line of Monsanto’s genetically modified insect-resistant cotton poses no health risks. The cotton expresses a variant of the Bt Cry1A.105 toxin present in Monsanto’s ViedGard VT PRO maize, which was deregulated by the USDA this year ( Agrow No 549, p 22).