24 Feb 2004
Despite confinement, crop genes can spread fast to wild

This is the real danger with GM crops - not that they'll poison people. Don't think some "harmless" new organism can wreck havoc? Ask the Austrialians about rabbits ....

With the slim chance that farmers will stop planting crops containing genes from other organisms, researchers have started to develop strategies that trap these foreign genes, reducing the risk that they'll spread to wild relatives. But an investigation by scientists shows that these containment strategies can quickly fail.

(link) [Science Blog]

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