Walmart GM Sweetcorn

I was just skimming through some of the tweets on www.twitter.com/gardenandgreen and one from @margaretroach caught my eye. It was a link to a story about Walmart the American supermarket giant who own Asda here in the UK, who according to the article will soon be selling Monsanto GMO Sweetcorn in their stores.

If you read the full article it claims that the sweetcorn has been genetically modified to include a toxin found in poisonous catepillars. The idea is that the insects eat the corn then the toxin kills them without requiring pesticide.

It is unknown what effect consuming a plant that produces this toxin will have on humans, however lab rats that fed the Bt corn suffer from organ failure.

The Walton family who own Walmart are one of the richest families in the world, so I would like to know to put everyones fears to rest will they publically eat a large bowlful of this sweetcorn at one of their supermarkets?

http://www.care2.com/greenliving/wal-mart-to-sell-monsanto-gmo-corn-this-summer.html#ixzz1nbpEcdCa