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In reply to the discussion: 52 Congress members sign letter warning of GMOs killing monarch butterflies (March 18, 2015) [View all]mathematic
(1,429 posts)Seriously.
The pollen is expressing BT, an organic insecticide that is intended to kill caterpillars. The article says that monarch caterpillars are among those caterpillars. And where's your concern about all the reckless spraying of BT by organic farmers growing non-gmo crops? And still, the decline in monarch butterflies are not attributed to BT exposure (see below).
The real reasons I haven't posted the link is because 1) the link is real science, 2) it's from an acceptable source, 3) not posting it exposes your ignorance on the subject and lets you commit to an incorrect position so you can't change the goalposts. It's not complicated.
Since I'm no longer interested in this conversation and I actually am interested in getting good information out there, here's the link about the over-wintering population of monarch butterflies in mexico.
The write-up for laymen:
http://www.worldwildlife.org/stories/survey-shows-69-increase-in-area-occupied-by-monarch-butterflies
And the scientific study:
http://assets.worldwildlife.org/publications/768/files/original/REPORT_Monarch_Butterfly_colonies_Winter_2014.pdf?1422378439
If you read the actual paper there are three reasons given for the decline in monarchs. Loss of milkweed habitat, loss of overwintering habitat in mexico, and global warming.