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August
1995:
EPA registers the first genetically modified Bt corn.
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May
1999:
A note appears in Nature claiming that transgenic corn pollen
harms monarch caterpillars, Losey et al.
Reprinted by permission from Nature
Vol. 399:183-284 (6733)
©1999 Macmillan Publishers Ltd.
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November
1999:
First monarch/Bt corn workshop is held. |
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December
1999:
EPA begins a data call-in, a review of Bt corn data. |
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July
2000:
Scientifically reviewed paper is published showing the absence of
toxicity of Bacillus thuringiensis pollen to black swallowtails
under field conditions, Wraight et al.
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October
2000:
EPA sponsors a Scientific Advisory Panel, Washington, D.C. |
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Oct.
9, 2001:
A special collection of scientific papers highlighting cooperative
research is published in the Proceedings of the National Academy
of Sciences.
Reprinted
by permission from Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences,
U.S.A., Vol. 98, Issue 21.
©2001 National Academy of Sciences, U.S.A. |
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Oct.
16, 2001:
EPA extends registration of Bt corn.
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