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David Evans

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Wednesday 5 May 2010

Genetically modified crops may cause skin allergies

Published in Environ Health Perspect. 1999 July; 107(7): 575–582. PMCID: PMC1566654

Immune responses in farm workers after exposure to Bacillus thuringiensis pesticides.
I L Bernstein, J A Bernstein, M Miller, S Tierzieva, D I Bernstein, Z Lummus, M K Selgrade, D L Doerfler, and V L Seligy
Division of Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.

This study can be accessed at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1566654/

Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) is a bacteria that has been developed into a pesticide. When the gene for the bacterial protein of Bt is transferred to plants, the now genetically modified plants themselves produce the Bt toxin, which protects them against chewing pests.

This study demonstrated that exposure to Bacillus thuringiensis sprays may lead to allergies of the skin.

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