RNAi Based Insecticidal Crops: Risk Awareness

This animation lends a non-technical perspective to the mechanisms, uses, and risks of utilizing RNAi technology as a pesticide in agricultural applications.
BASED ON THE ARTICLE
RNAi-Based Insecticidal Crops: Potential Effects on Nontarget Species
Lundgren JG, Duan JJ.
BioScience Magazine, Vol. 63 No. 8, 2013
And also
igrow.org/agronomy/corn/the-next-generation-of-pesticides/
DIRECTOR/LEAD ANIMATOR
CABLE HARDIN
ASSISTANT ANIMATOR
GEORGE RUIZ
NARRATION
DAVID HARDIN
ADDITIONAL CONTENT FROM THE NOUN PROJECT
Atlas by Jakob Vogel
Baby by Jakob Vogel
City by Thibault Geffroy
Corn by Nithin Viswanathan
DNA by Ola Mueller
Earth by Thibault Geffroy
Farm by Jane Pellicciotto
Farm by Lil Squid
Flask by Mister Pixel
Forest by Juan Pablo Bravo
Grass by Bryn Mackenzie
Saw by Alexey A. Butakov
Trees by Michael Zick Doherty
Turtle by Christy Presler
Vitruvian Man by Budi Hartono
Worker by Juan Pablo Bravo
World by Ted Grajeda
SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY
2014

[@zero2hero17]

Fantastic explainer with great animations. I also love the eye for detail when they draw a Chrysoperla carnae larvae when mentioning beneficial insects.

[@collwatt]

this could be dangerous in the wrong hands

[@jessesolomon6700]

And, it's already in the wrong hands.

[@chuckielb1]

I wonder what else they’re testing on us at our expense. This is scary can we really don’t know what they’re doing any way to get more data is they need to test it and we are Their subjects. It’s all about efficiency our money not our lives.

[@ironknightgaming5706]

You mean bill gates?

[@user-ql4tl8ty3r]

Seems highly concerning for us in things we are going to eat.....

[@Nefertitidancer]

Gee, what could go wrong. Many of us are the woman in the drawings. Never had trouble with food before but now many of them put me in the hospital.

[@truthalwayswins3078]

Is this why so many bees are dying?

[@ironknightgaming5706]

This "Technology" should be destroyed.

[@presidentiallsuite]

Weaponized

[@somuchforfreedom2692]

Great video, good job on the animation and making the topics clear. I think more research on plant RNAi needs to be done to gauge the safety and efficacy prior to human testing.

[@presidentiallsuite]

WMD

[@mdsalahuddin1911]

Pretty cool

[@cocotaveras8975]

md salahuddin Hope to go to this university :)
Just amazing.

[@parminderkaur3420]

pretty good explanation

[@fatymazx]

Amazing

[@mrmoneyhacks5480]

Can we just ban this?

[@designerinarch]

This is NOT a good thing. Not at all.