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Editorial
Nature 434, 807 (14 April 2005) | doi:10.1038/434807a; Published online 13 April 2005
Don't rely on Uncle Sam
Abstract
European regulators should pursue their own investigation into how the 'wrong' genetically modified corn was allowed on the market for years. Unfortunately, their US equivalents show little sign of rising to the challenge.
Given widespread unease among the European public about genetically modified crops, you'd have expected the news that unapproved batches of transgenic seed containing a gene for antibiotic resistance had been shipped from the United States to Europe to have provoked a vigorous official response.So far, however, reactions from Brussels have been equivocal.
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