GM cotton damages environment From: China Daily | Date: June 4, 2002 | Copyright 2002 China Daily. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

A genetically modified cotton plant which makes up 35 per cent of China's crop, is damaging the environment despite its success in controlling the bollworm, according to a report released in Beijing yesterday.

The plant, Bt transgenic cotton, harms natural parasitic enemies of the bollworm and seems to be encouraging other pests, according to the study by the Nanjing Institute of Environmental Sciences (NIES) under the State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA).

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