{"id":379801,"date":"2018-10-05T20:57:27","date_gmt":"2018-10-05T19:57:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/prison-planet-com-scientists-warn-us-military-could-use-gm-insect-project-to-create-drought-resistant-crops-as-an-agricultural-bioweapon\/"},"modified":"2018-10-05T20:57:27","modified_gmt":"2018-10-05T19:57:27","slug":"prison-planet-com-scientists-warn-us-military-could-use-gm-insect-project-to-create-drought-resistant-crops-as-an-agricultural-bioweapon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/prison-planet-com-scientists-warn-us-military-could-use-gm-insect-project-to-create-drought-resistant-crops-as-an-agricultural-bioweapon\/","title":{"rendered":"Prison Planet.com \u00bb Scientists warn US military could use GM insect project to create drought resistant crops as an \u2018agricultural bioweapon\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>      <!-- START CONTENT --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sciencetech\/article-6241877\/Scientists-warn-military-researchers-use-GM-insect-project-agricultural-bioweapon.html\"><strong>Daily Mail<\/strong><\/a><br \/>October 5, 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><strong>In an opinion paper published Thursday in the journal Science, researchers say the U.S. needs to provide greater justification for the peace-time purpose of its Insect Allies project to avoid being perceived as hostile to other countries.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Other experts expressed ethical and security concerns with the research, which seeks to transmit protective traits to crops already growing in the field.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">That would mark a departure from the current widely used procedure of genetically modifying seeds for crops such as corn and soy, before they grow into plants.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The military research agency says its goal is to protect the nation\u2019s food supply from threats like drought, crop disease and bioterrorism by using insects to infect plants with viruses that protect against such dangers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\u2018Food security is national security,\u2019 said Blake Bextine, who heads the 2-year-old project at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or DARPA, an arm of the U.S. Department of Defense.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The State Department said the project is for peaceful purposes and does not violate the Biological Weapons Convention.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The U.S. Department of Agriculture said its scientists are part of the research, which is being conducted in contained labs.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sciencetech\/article-6241877\/Scientists-warn-military-researchers-use-GM-insect-project-agricultural-bioweapon.html\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p>      <!-- END CONTENT --><\/p>\n<p style=\"color:#333; font-size:11px;\">This article was posted: Friday, October 5, 2018  at  7:43 am<\/p>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/><!-- share and follow --><br \/>\n      <!-- end of share and follow --><\/p>\n<div class=\"print_sub\">\n<h3 class=\"sub_titles\">&#13;<br \/>\n        \t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/scientists-warn-us-military-could-use-gm-insect-project-to-create-drought-resistant-crops-as-an-agricultural-bioweapon.html\/print\/\" title=\"Print\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"WP-PrintIcon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-print\/images\/printer_famfamfam.gif\" alt=\"Print\" title=\"Print\" style=\"border: 0px;\"\/><\/a><br \/>\nPrint this page.<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/>\n<p><!--\n      \n\n<div class=\"nextpage\">\n              <\/div>\n\n \n -->    <\/p>\n<p><!--\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Gm2pZEeYN0E?list=UUvsye7V9psc-APX6wV1twLg\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n--><\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/scientists-warn-us-military-could-use-gm-insect-project-to-create-drought-resistant-crops-as-an-agricultural-bioweapon.html\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Daily MailOctober 5, 2018 In an opinion paper published Thursday in the journal Science, researchers say the U.S. needs to provide greater justification for the peace-time purpose of its Insect Allies project to avoid being perceived as hostile to other countries. 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