VIDEO: Kernels of Truth – Beyond Bt

Originally posted on Nebraska Corn Kernels.

In our previous two GMO videos, we talked about what GMOs are and why they are safe. In this video, we’re going to look at some lesser known uses of biotechnology that can benefit everyone from Indiana to India.

Bt and Roundup Ready crops have allowed farmers to make fewer pesticide applications or use more benign herbicides, respectively. But this is not where the environmental benefits of modern biotechnology stop. Scientists in Indiana have inserted a gene into a poplar tree that allows it to clean up soil and groundwater pollution by breaking down and metabolizing pollutants.

On the human health front, biotechnology also has significant potential to help fight disease in the developing world. Have you heard of Golden Rice? Learn more about how biotechnology can help prevent deaths in developing countries and more in this video.