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Lynn C. Woolsey: Mr. Chairman, what are we going to tell the monarch butterflies when they are having to adapt to genetically modified…

On the recordJune 5, 2002
Mr. Chairman, what are we going to tell the monarch butterflies when they are having to adapt to genetically modified corn? They cannot adapt. They are dying. We have to look into what we can do about that, and that is what this amendment is about. It is about good science, not about emotions.
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Lynn C. Woolsey
California

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Addressing concerns about biotechnology and its impact on monarch butterflies.

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