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Environmental biosafety and transgenic potato in a centre of diversity for this crop.
Nature - 11 Nov 2004
Celis Carolina, Scurrah Maria, Cowgill Sue, Chumbiauca Susana, Green Jayne, Franco Javier, Main Gladys, Kiezebrink Daan, Visser Richard G F, Atkinson Howard J
Abstract excerpt
The Nuffield Council on Bioethics suggests that introgression of genetic material into related species in centres of crop biodiversity is an insufficient justification to bar the use of genetically modified crops in the developing world. They consider that a precautionary approach to forgo the possible benefits invokes the fallacy of thinking that doing nothing is itself without risk to the poor. Here we report...
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