It is claimed repeatedly that GE crop technologies are reducingpesticide use. A comprehensive accounting of the impactsof HT and Bt transgenic varieties on total pesticide use in the USAdemonstrates unequivocally that this was only true in the first three years. From 1996 to 2004GE corn, soybeans and cotton have led to a 122 millionpound increase in pesticide use according to an analysis of USDAs official figures.</p><p><a href="http://www.biotech-info.net/Full_version_first_nine.pdf">Genetically Engineered Crops andPesticide Use in the United States:The First Nine Years</a>