Word: pollens
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Administration, acknowledging growing public concern, held the first of three public forums on g.m. foods. FrankenTony showed up, along with a covey of kids dressed as monarch butterflies, feigning death before a mock cornstalk--an allusion to the discovery by scientists last spring that, at least in the lab, pollen from g.m. corn can kill the butterfly's caterpillars. Not to be left out, Secretary of Agriculture Dan Glickman was said to be considering the appointment of a panel of experts to advise him on the pros and cons of biotech. And in the surest sign of shifting political winds...
...coming years will also see the demise of the quack-laden Office of Alternative Medicine, which seven years ago was foisted on the reluctant National Institutes of Health, largely at the insistence of Tom Harkin, the otherwise sensible Senator from Iowa who believes in the curative powers of bee pollen. Talk about getting stung. Taxpayers will be incredulous when they become aware that after spending millions of dollars in its first seven years "investigating" highly questionable alternative therapies, the OAM failed to validate or--more significant--invalidate any of them (with the possible exception of acupuncture). And they...
...amino-acid content. The soy began acting like the nut--so much so that it churned out not just amino acids but also chemicals that can trigger allergies in nut-sensitive consumers. The company quickly scrapped the product. Last spring a study published by Cornell University showed that pollen from some strains of corn with built-in pesticides can kill the larva of the Monarch butterfly, a pest by nobody's standards. "When butterflies start dying," says Kucinich, "I think it's fair to start asking questions...
Looks as if we have outsmarted ourselves again. What else besides monarch butterflies is being killed by the pollen from pest-resistant designer corn [SCIENCE, May 31]? Hundreds of types of flora and fauna are already on the endangered-species list. Others are being stamped out before receiving the protection that would guarantee their survival. The human population is due to hit 6 billion in a few months. I see a day coming when way too many humans will share the planet with nothing but starlings and cockroaches. BILL BARMETTLER Chehalis, Wash...
SKILL Seeking pollen, they attract various airborne chemicals and take them back to the hive...