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Published online 5 March 2004 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news040301-12

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GM under fire again

Weed-killer ban will reduce benefits of GM maize.

An impending European ban on certain weed-killers will slash the environmental benefits of genetically modified (GM) maize, according to UK scientists. But the GM crop is still better for wildlife than conventional maize, they say.

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