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Letter: Modified fears

Published 2 January 2013

From Chas Bazeley

For many Europeans, the antipathy towards genetically modified crops (13 October, p 8) stems less from their effect on our food than from the concern that their widespread introduction will enable powerful chemical companies to hold farmers to ransom over seed supplies.

Colchester, Essex, UK

Issue no. 2898 published 5 January 2013

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