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Nature 389, 317 (25 September 1997) | doi:10.1038/38555

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EPA to be sued over gene-modified crops

Meredith Wadman

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) learned last week that a coalition of consumers, environmentalists and organic farmers intends to sue it for allowing the planting of crops genetically engineered to produce an insecticidal toxin made by Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) a soil bacterium.Thirty signatories filed a petition with the EPA demanding that it revoke 11 registrations it has issued to five companies to plant modified corn, cotton and potatoes.