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Reply to Early-tier tests insufficient for GMO risk assessment

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Jörg Romeis, Michael Meissle and Franz Bigler reply:

Lang et al. express concerns regarding the ecological risk assessment (ERA) approach that we refer to in our Perspective1. They have not addressed the focus of our paper. The real value of our article is the analysis of the studies that have addressed the impact of Bt-transgenic crops on natural enemies and the conclusions drawn for improving future studies for nontarget risk assessment of transgenic plants. In the following, we respond to the three points they raise.

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