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So far criticisms of this study have come from a few rent a quote scientists dredged up in a job lot from an industry lobby agency called the Science Media Centre.

It is good news that The Grocer is treating this research in an intelligent and serious way unlike many others in the media.

Well done for printing this explanation from Michael Antoniou. This study has far reaching and significant implications for the future regulation and use of GM. It will therefore and correctly come under close scrutiny but it will also be subject to prejudicial and malign attacks and obfuscation because it threatens a whole industry and research establishment.

It is vital therefore that journalists act in a professional and unbiased way that will provide citizens with sound information and insights.

It is essential that this research is followed up; that the GM regulatory system takes it into account and that the careless rush into GM technology is curbed