US plan to genetically alter crops via insects feared to be biological war plan

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US plan to genetically alter crops via insects feared to be biological war plan

Program says it will use virus-carrying insects to engineer crops, but some worry it’s a way to develop biological agents

Government-backed researchers in America are aiming to use virus-carrying insects to genetically engineer crops – raising fears the technology could be used for biological weapons.

A new article in the journal Science explores the shadowy program funded by the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (Darpa).

https://www.theguardian.com/environm...gical-war-plan

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"Program says it will use virus-carrying insects to engineer crops..."

Insects engineering the crops. Sounds like cheap labor.