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zipplewrath

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1. Okay, that's a stretch

Reply to n2doc (Original post)

Thu Mar 22, 2012, 11:27 AM

Mar 2012

The GM crops aren't killing the butterflies, the farmers are, by destroying habitat. The GM crops just make it easier to destroy the habitat. I'm also a bit suspicious about the 58% number. Yes, they can grow around crop lands. Milkweed ALSO grows in far more "natural" habitats. If the 58% number is correct, it is an example of how extensive the natural habitat destruction is. It is suggesting that there is "no where" else for milkweed to grow.

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GM Crops Are Killing Monarch Butterflies, After All [View all] n2doc Mar 2012 OP

Okay, that's a stretch zipplewrath Mar 2012 #1

Roundup is the killer RobertEarl Mar 2012 #2

Yes zipplewrath Mar 2012 #3

++ mopinko Mar 2012 #4

Conservation lands? RobertEarl Mar 2012 #5

Medians and margins zipplewrath Mar 2012 #6

It's being done already RobertEarl Mar 2012 #7

Not around here zipplewrath Mar 2012 #8

Just quit using roundup RobertEarl Mar 2012 #9

'Taint gonna happen zipplewrath Mar 2012 #11

Just saw your thread. Here is a resource I posted in another thread here nanabugg Mar 2012 #10

The corn industry needs to die. hunter Mar 2012 #12