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Genetic Engineeringcant reduce the use of insectides. In fact, there is demonstrable evidence from the US Dept of Agriculture's own data that in fact, since the introduction of Genetic Engineering there has been an overall increase in the use of insecticides.

Its perfectly logical when one considers that the companies (E.g. Monsanto) who own the patent on the Genetically Engineered (aka Genetically Modified) plant that is resistant to herbicide/insecticide, also owns the patent rights to the herbicide/insecticide. It is in the corporations best interests to increase the use of pesticides. Think about it - why would a corporation kill the goose that lays the golden egg? It pays to remember: biotechnology companies are also the world's biggest agrichemical companies.

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the gene transfers have made crop plants more resistant to insects

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