From: Robert Bononno 

Is anyone surprised by this?


In article ,
 Adam Flinton  wrote:

> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/2998000.stm
>
> " Seeds may be a bigger danger than pollen in allowing GM crops to
> escape into the countryside.
>
> Seeds can be carried long distances on farm machinery to cross with wild
> relatives, a French study has found.
>
>   Genes from commercial sugar beet turned up in wild plants growing more
> than 1.5 kilometres away, according to scientists at Lille University.
>
> It suggests GM crops are likely to jump the confines of any buffer zone
> imposed.
>
> "If GM sugar beets are established in regions where populations of the
> wild form also occur, then gene flow between wild and cultivated
> relatives is almost inevitable," says lead author Dr Jean-Francois
> Arnaud. ""
>
>
> Adam
>

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