Seattle, Olympia to be Sprayed With Bacteria Used For GMO Genetics (Bt): to Treat MothsBy Cassius Kamarampi Here is a map of the areas being sprayed. Approved by authorities and opposed by many people, they decided to spray a bacteria with pesticide properties called Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt), the bacteria from which a gene comes that is used in GM crops to kill insects. According to KOMO: Asian and European gypsy Moths have been detected this year in Washington. The invasive insects have ferocious appetites for maple and oak and foliage from trees and plants. The Washington State Department of Agriculture says the damage caused by the moths would have serious economic and environmental implications. Does anybody have a problem with this? Given the shady history of the US government testing harmful bacteria on civilians, such as San Francisco or New York City in 1966 Navy Operation Sea Spray, citizens would be wise to test the state and somehow observe for themselves what is happening here. Sure it could be relatively innocuous, but its necessary for the people to be a check and balance to the state: to this bureaucracy of the Department of Agriculture (known for cracking down on seed banks and supporting agrichemical giants). Maybe someone could run an independent chemical test on this bacterial spray, or put it under a microscope. Any mechanism of holding the state accountable while they encroach further and further upon our lives would be worthy of trying at this point. This article (Seattle, Olympia to be Sprayed With Bacteria Used For GMO Genetics (Bt): to Treat Moths) is free and open source. You have permission to republish this article under a Creative Commons license with attribution to Era of Wisdom.org. Umm, this GMO used bt insecticide is in fact an organic approved insecticide used safely by organic farmers and gardeners and really has nothing to do with GMOs Clear Food: yep, you got it right. Ive used it for years on tent caterpillars, grasshoppers and other critters and Ive been an organic gardener for decades. One would think the writer would have looked it up before writing. If it isnt GM it should be fine. I wrote this article, definitely understand that its used for that. I recommended people do their own independent chemical or bacterial testing on the substance they spray, to hold the state accountable and determine the safety of what they are spraying ourselves. The important part for me is the fact that theyre doing this regardless of how people feel about it, I think we should test the substance and hold them accountable. You wrote this article? Well, thank you for that. We all need more info about this stuff. For instance, why do other countries without hesitation deny the GMO food to enter their country? Has anyone SEEN the rats that were fed this stuff? Ive never seen so many tumors on my animals and I try to keep them away from cheap products. My chocolate lab has a tumor in a lung or in the same place as the lung and it is the size of a soccer ball. Ive had a huge tumor taken off my other lab that the vets called an allergy. Lots of lumps and bumpssure theyve had access to the cheap dog food with lots of GMO corn included and Ive never had a dog with tumors like thiseven two dogs. Bt is a pretty cool substance and is called a pesticide because that is what it is used for. Bt comes in 3 varieties. Only one is available to us and that Bt produces toxins only specific to caterpillars. There are 2 others; one for mosquitos and one for beetles. Havent found them available. Bt is the bacteria that produces the toxin. The caterpillars eat the leaves that are sprayed with this and stop eating because they feel full. Then they starve to death. Very, very specific. Somehow these idiot chemical companies (Monsanto) have attached something to the genome of vegetables that the plant itself is actually producing this same toxin. This saves the farmers money I guess but once a farmer starts using GMO they are unable to switch back to NON GMO seed. Theyve screwed up other countries and little farmers because of this. Start using GMO and you are a slave to GMO seed. btw this is just scratching the surface of GMO changes. I was hoping (grins) that the fatties would find by eating GMO with this Bt that they would STOP EATING and lose weight. Havent noticed this effect. Probably because we arent caterpillarsthat is how safe this stuff is. But sorry. I DONT WANT TO eat this toxin so I dont eat corn anymore. Problem is almost all GMO has been altered to where it is no longer a healthy thing to eat and Bt is just ONE alteration. There is also GLYPHOSATE or a roundup herbicide included in the genome now. Also a pretty safe chemical but NOT FOR EATING!! Who knows the extent of their changes, alterations and our reactions to this stuff. WE dont know. THEY dont care about OUR HEALTH. We are guinea pigs. We just work to make money for the ELITES. This has been tested I think! Look it up and take a peek at the poor mice and rats. And yet they thought that tumors were no big dealthey just dont care. If you arent growing your own food, you are probably buying and eating GMO. I do not buy anything that doesnt say NON GMO. Recently, the label restrictions on GMO were stopped. Product does not have to say GMO OR NON GMO anymore. I just hope that decent farmers and producers of food keep on labeling. Otherwise I do not buy GMO. My animals do not eat GMO. I only purchase NON GMO seeds for my garden. Cant make my own seed because the pollen of GMO vegetables are floating everywhere. In addition what is truly weird is that our forests are pretty unhealthy. Because they are unhealthy (pH change in the soil for example) our trees especially conifers are getting major damage from bark beetles. Why dont they spray the beetle Bt on our forests? Ive seen hugely brown and very sick wilderness that are perfect for fire. Yet they put this stuff in the genome of our vegetablesnot just corn! Spraying Bt is fine, eating is not! btw I have been for decades a licensed commercial pesticide applicator. The only license Ive not gotten is pesticides for water. Ill never ever do that but I took the seminars just to get the knowledge. Superior. The cool thing about pesticide applicator licensing is that the people giving the tests (WSU cooperative extension service) teach how NOT TO HAVE TO USE PESTICIDES. Then there are the guys who have to have a license to use the pesticides for landscape maintenance. Anyone with a pickup can go do landscape maintenance. But boy do these hard working uneducated people have a tough time. They make problems This pesticide licensing has the option to just go take the test or a seminar series to teach one how to pass the test. Id make sure my hired lawn mower services are licensed!! Demand it cause it is the law! Sigh, unfortunately it is not the corporations but HOMEOWNERS that use pesticides incorrectly. Seriously. Homeowners are horrible!! federal laws prohibit spraying the the concoction they are using on or near people as seen in the msds sheets To be clear : Organic farmers do use Bt ;HOWEVER the Bt that is used in GMO foods is not the same strain and has been altered to boot. Dont trust that the benign version of this is all they are spraying either; I Sorry was cut off on last post. Cape Cod was sprayed for the Gypsy moth back in the 50s when I was a child . They used LEAD ARSENATE for 5 years then DDT for 17 more years. 50 years later I have lung problems [never smoked] my chelation urine quantification tests are full of lead arsenic. When they killed [silenced] the birds ;Rachel Carson wrote Silent Spring the EPA was formed. They are now studying breast, prostate lung cancer pockets on the Cape at the Dana Farber Hospital. From the label of Southern AG Thuricide (Btk): Washington State: you are in violation of federal law by spraying this stuff directly on your citizens. Bacillus thuringiensis is the product of a bacterium specifically meant to deal with caterpillars. Makes the caterpillars feel so full they stop eating and then they starve to death. There are 2 other types of Btone for mosquitos and one for beetles. Very specific, very cool if used correctly. Bt is NOT GMO. Lets get that straight right now. GMO uses something or other to splice Bt toxin making into the genes of plants we eat such as corn. This is in an effort to save money on pesticides their farmers use to get the most out of their crops. Too weird. Too gross. So wrong. Very true, Sharon. I was wondering what the author of this article is trying to pull. I am guessing he is just ignorant of things he writes about. Typical for the modern blogger This article is testing us (us = those reading this article and responding) to see just how unawares we are. I wouldnt want them spraying anything they are not your friend and have proven to be untrustworthy. I really dont know about this hacking thing..But i just came across a Ive tried to find exactly what MOTH they are spraying FOR. Obviously they need to spray when this moth is in larval formlet me know. Ill keep looking for the specific pestof primary importance to know the dang critter one is using any pesticide for. Then one can also do PREVENTATIVE cultural methods instead of using a bandaid for problems created because of bad information or no botanical, entomological information!! I live in Western Washington but not directly in the area they are to spray. I live in Tacoma. About 16 years ago they said there was this same problem with these moths ( I lived in northeast tacoma then) We were leaving somewhere in a car and a plane is spraying all around. (This was before we had the internet) On a saturday afternoon. I remember the butterflies all died. Never saw a one around there for years. Especially the monarch. I cant believe this is safe to do. Especially on a Saturday again when everyone is home. 