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UK, Nuffield 1999. Genetically Modified Crops: the ethical and social issues. Nuffield Council on Bioethics. 

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UK, Royal Society 2002. Genetically modified plants for food use and human health - an update, February 2002. The Royal Society, UK. 

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UK REPORTS PUBLISHED AFTER MAY 2003

The following reports were published after the first edition of the ICSU review was concluded.  They have been included as additional important material which will be fully considered in the second edition.

UK, Nuffield 2003. The use of genetically modified crops in developing countries: Draft for comment, June 2003. Nuffield Council on Bioethics. 

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UK, Strategy Unit 2003. Field Work: Weighing up the costs and benefits of GM crops, July 2003. Prime Minister's Strategy Unit, Cabinet Office.

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UK, Science Review Panel 2003. GM Science Review: First Report, July 2003. GM Science Review Panel.

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Panel Note: In Chapter 1 of the report, third paragraph of section 1.2 the Panel gives its view that all countries, including developing countries, should carry out their own independent evaluation of the cultivation of particular GM crops; not least because the demands of agriculture, and societies it supports, vary too much across the world to be able to reach simple generalisations.

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