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Science 7 December 2001:
Vol. 294. no. 5549, pp. 2067 - 2069
DOI: 10.1126/science.294.5549.2067b
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SWISS BIOTECH:
Government Shoots Down GM Plant Trials

Giselle Weiss

ALLSCHWIL, SWITZERLAND--In a blow to Swiss biotechnology, the government has rejected a high-profile application to conduct field trials of genetically modified (GM) wheat. The decision, now being appealed, has caused widespread consternation among Swiss scientists, who argue that it amounts to a de facto moratorium on field tests of any transgenic plant. Five members of the federal biosafety commission have resigned in protest, including its president, Riccardo Wittek.

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Science. ISSN 0036-8075 (print), 1095-9203 (online)