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GM crops: Battlefield

Papers suggesting that biotech crops might harm the environment attract a hail of abuse from other scientists. Emily Waltz asks if the critics fight fair.

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Emily Waltz is a freelance writer based in New York City. See also Correspondence Battlefield: hitting the supporters of biotechnology and Battlefield: useful debate needs caution and civility.

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Waltz, E. GM crops: Battlefield. Nature 461, 27–32 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/461027a

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