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Nature 421, 675 (13 February 2003) | doi:10.1038/421675a

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Our understanding of the likely ecological impact of genetically modified crops is incomplete. But these holes in our knowledge are symptomatic of a wider failure adequately to address the science of sustainable agriculture.

GM, or not GM? That is the question ... or, at least, that is an important question with which the British government must wrestle over the next few months, and the answer to which will have international repercussions.