Rebecca Goldburg, senior scientist for the Environmental Defense Fund, said the new restrictions " confirm the fact that Bt corn can pose both an environmental and resistance management risk ."
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To protect the continued use of biopesticides, the EPA is requiring companies developing transgenic crops to submit and implement "'pest resistance management plans "'as a requirement of product registration.
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Monsanto has also; in an attempt to simplify the process of implementing refuges in fields to comply with Insect Resistance Management ( IRM ) policies and prevent irresponsible planting practices; begun marketing seed bags with a set proportion of refuge ( non-transgenic ) seeds mixed in with the Bt seeds being sold.
