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THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 2002

In this week's issue of Nature, the science journal's editors are disavowing a controversial study which claimed genetically modified corn has infiltrated Mexico.

The editors said the study should not have been published and that critiques have raised doubts about the study's methods. But the authors stand by their research and said their claim hasn't been refuted.

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Journal Editors Disavow Article on Biotech Corn (The Washington Post 4/4)

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Nature - http://www.nature.com/nature

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