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Nature 425, 751 (23 October 2003) | doi:10.1038/425751a
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Biosafety trials darken outlook for transgenic crops in Europe
Jim Giles
The results are in from the largest investigation so far into the ecological impact of transgenic crops — and they're bad news for agricultural biotechnology.Britain's Farm Scale Evaluations, published on 16 October, show that two genetically modified crops — spring oilseed rape and beet — are likely to have harmful impacts on farmland biodiversity.
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