Investigating the spread of transgenes by wild animals

(2002 – 2005) Weihenstephan Science Centre at the Technische Universität München, Chair of Physiology more

Bt maize pollen poses no risk to green lacewings

Scientists at the Swiss research institute Agroscope Reckenholz-Tänikon (ART) have carried out the first research on adult green lacewings to … more

Ten years of Bt maize cultivation: Horizontal gene transfer of no significance

Scientists from France and Switzerland have been studying soil bacteria from a field where genetically modified Bt maize has been growing for … more

Dead dairy cows: Bt maize under suspicion

On a farm in Wölfersheim, Hessen, twelve dairy cows die within the space of two years. They have been partly fed on genetically modified Bt ma… more

Bt maize: No risk to woodlice

Woodlice are more likely to be found underneath damp stones in the garden than on farmland. These decomposers are not widely found in maize fi… more

Safety research project: Environmental effects of Bt gene

(2000 – 2004) Bavarian State Research Center for Agriculture, Freising more

Effect of Bt pollen on butterflies

(2001 – 2003) more

Effects of Bt maize pollen on the honeybee

(2001 – 2004) Jena University, Institute of Nutrition and Environment more

Spain: No cultivation of Bt176 maize

At the end of April the new Spanish government announced a ban on the cultivation of the insect-resistant Bt176 maize from next year, because … more

Ecological impacts of insect-resistant Bt maize on various insects and the European corn borer

(1999 – 2002) RWTH Aachen University, Chair of Biology V, Aachen; Federal Biological Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry (BBA)(… more