NYT Article: Farmers Skirt Rules on GMO Crops

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Farmers Skirt Rules on Gene-Altered Crops, Report Says

By ANDREW POLLACK

Published: November 5, 2009

https://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/06/business/06corn.html?8au&emc=au

As many as 25 percent of the American farmers growing genetically engineered corn are no longer complying with federal rules intended to maintain the resistance of the crops to damage from insects, according to an advocacy group’s report released Thursday.

The increase in farmers skirting the rules, from fewer than 10 percent a few years ago, raises the risk that insects will develop resistance to the toxins in the corn that are meant to kill them, the report says. And it raises questions about whether the Environmental Protection Agency and the agricultural biotechnology industry are adequately enforcing the rules.