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Research Q&A: Bt Corn and Monarch Butterflies,
USDA ARS: Web Page Available On Bt Corn Risk To Monarch
Butterflies
- EPA Report Finds Biotech Crops Have Little
Impact On Monarch
Butterflies, Food and Ag Biotech (BIO) Press Release, October 19, 2000
- Under Milkweed, Monarchs May Sway Fate of
High-Tech Crops, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, August 7, 2000
- Bt Corn Pollen Impacts on
Nontarget Lepidoptera: Assessment of Effects in Nature,
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, Vol. 97, Issue 15, 8198-8199, July,
2000
- To Bt or Not to Bt:
The Sound Science That Brought Down Bt Crops,
Angela Ryan, ISIS News #5
- AgBiotech InfoNet's information on Bt transgenics.
- Preliminary Research Results Presented During the
Monarch Research Symposium,
November 2, 1999, Rosemont, Illinois,
Report by Becky Goldburg, Environmental Defense Fund,
New York, NY
- Report from Lincoln P. Brower, Department of Biology,
Sweet Briar College, Sweet Briar, Virginia and Myron P. Zalucki,
Department of Zoology and Entomology,
The University of Queensland
Brisbane, Australia
- Report from Kevin Steffey, University of Illinois Extension,
November 5, 1999
Letter to the
Editor, Wall Street Journal, July 1999
SANET post:
Monarchs and Bt refugia strategy, May 21, 1999
Monarch
Butterflies and Toxic Pollen, Union of Concerned Scientists,
May 19, 1999
Science
Comments from Dr. John J. Obrycki, Laura H. Jesse,
Dr. Karen Oberhauser, Dr. John Losey re: docket no. OPP-00678B,
September 11, 2001
Papers about Bt corn and butterflies published in an early edition
of PNAS, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- Temporal and spatial overlap between monarch
larvae and corn pollen -ABSTRACT, Karen S. Oberhauser, Michelle D. Prysby, Heather R. Mattila, Diane E. Stanley-Horn,
Mark K. Sears, Galen Dively,
Eric Olson, John M. Pleasants, Wai-Ki F. Lami, and Richard L. Hellmich
- Monarch larvae sensitivity to Bacillus thuringiensispurified
proteins and pollen -ABSTRACT, Richard L. Hellmich, Blair D. Siegfried,
Mark K. Sears, Diane E. Stanley-Horn, Michael J. Daniels,
Heather R. Mattila, Terrence Spencer, Keith G. Bidne,
and Leslie C. Lewis
- Effects of exposure to event 176 Bacillus
thuringiensis corn pollen on monarch
and black swallowtail caterpillars
under field conditions - ABSTRACT,
A. R. Zangerl, D. McKenna, C. L. Wraight, M. Carroll, P. Ficarello, R. Warner,
and M. R. Berenbaum*
- Impact of Bt corn pollen on monarch butterfly
populations: A risk assessment - ABSTRACT, Mark K. Sears*†, Richard L. Hellmich‡, Diane E. Stanley-Horn*, Karen S. Oberhauser§, John M. Pleasants¶,
Heather R. Mattila*, Blair D. Siegfriedi, and Galen P. Dively**
- Assessing the impact of Cry1Ab-expressing corn
pollen on monarch butterfly larvae in field studies -ABSTRACT,
Diane E. Stanley-Horn, Galen P. Dively, Richard L. Hellmich,
Heather R. Mattila, Mark K. Sears, Robyn Rose,
Laura C. H. Jesse, John E. Loseyi, John J. Obrycki, and Les
Lewis
- Corn pollen deposition on milkweeds in and
near cornfields
John M. Pleasants, Richard L. Hellmich, Galen P. Dively, Mark K.
Sears, Diane E. Stanley-Horn, Heather R. Mattila,
John E. Fosteri, Thomas L. Clarki, and Gretchen D. Jones
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Field Deposition of Bt Transgenic Corn Pollen: Lethal Effects
on the Monarch Butterfly, Oecologia, August, 2000
- Black Swallowtail in Proceedings National Academy of Sciences, Proceedings National Academy of Sciences, July 5, 2000
- Preliminary Report on the Impact of Bt Corn Pollen on the
Monarch Butterfly in Ontario, M.K. Sears, D.E. Stanley-Horn, H.R. Matilla,
March 30, 2000
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Occurrence of common milkweed in cropland and adjacent
areas of Iowa (abstract)
- Monarchs and Bt
Corn: Questions and Answers, Iowa State
University, Department of Entomology, June 14, 1999
- Information on the effect of pollen from Bt corn
on Monarch butterflies, MSU, June 2, 1999
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Iowa State field research abstract of
results on Monarch Butterflies and Bt Corn,
May 1999
- Transgenic Pollen Harms Monarch
Larvae, Nature, May 20, 1999
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Monarch Butterflies and Herbicide
Resistant Crops, Iowa State University,
January 26, 1999
- Monarchs and Their Roots,
(summary) Science, January 8, 1999
Industry Reports
News Reports
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New Research Fuels Debate Over Genetic Food Altering, New York Times,
September 9, 2001
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Data on Genetically Modified Corn Reports Say Threat to Monarch Butterflies
Is 'Negligible', New York Times, September 8, 2001
- Biotech Corn Appears Safe for Monarchs, Washington Post,
July 24, 2001
- What's Next for Biotech Crops? Questions, New York Times,
December 19, 2000
- Researchers say Bt corn poses low risk to Monarch butterflies,
Minneapolis Star Tribune, November 18, 2000
- Advisory Panel Criticizes EPA Claim That Bt Corn Does Not Harm
Butterflies, BNA Biotechnology Report, Volume 23 Number 22, October
25, 2000 Page 832
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Monarchs Fluttering Through World of New
Perils, LA Times,
October 2000
- Monarch Butterflies Lose Much of Their Wintering Grounds, New York
Times, September 12, 2000
- Butterfly, corn link rethought,
Philadelphia Inquirer, November
10, 1999
- EPA looking to industry to guide agency
decisions on ecological safety of Bt corn,
Pesticide and Toxic Chemical News, September 30, 1999
- Biotechnology Industry
Association triggers unusual public retreat by academic scientists, and
repeats myth that Bt corn reduces pesticide sprays for
European corn borer... "Monarch Butterfly Researchers Urge Caution
in Over-Interpreting Results"
, PR Newswire, June 10, 1999
- A Warning From the Butterflies, New York Times,
May 21, 1999
- EU wary of seed after study, Des Moines Register,
May 21, 1999
- Pollen From Genetically Altered Corn Threatens Monarch Butterfly,
Study Finds,
New York Times, May 20, 1999
- EU says to Freeze Approval Procedure
of Gene Maize, Reuters, May 20, 1999
- Greenpeace Criticizes EU Commissioner,
Reuters, May 20, 1999
- Gene Altered Corn May Kill Monarchs,
Washington Post, May 20, 1999
- GM Pollen 'Can Kill Butterflies',
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC),
May 19, 1999
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