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This work was supported by the Pew Initiative on Food and Biotechnology, the Pew Fellows Program on Marine Conservation and numerous colleges and programs at the University of Minnesota.

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  1. Department of Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Biology, 200 Hodson Hall, 1980 Folwell Ave., St. Paul, 55108, Minnesota, USA

    Anne R Kapuscinski

  2. Institute for Social, Economic and Ecological Sustainability, 186 McNeal Hall, 1985 Buford Ave., St. Paul, 55108, Minnesota, USA

    Anne R Kapuscinski

  3. Department of Plant Pathology and Gaylord Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, 53706, Wisconsin, USA

    Robert M Goodman

  4. commercial aerospace system safety engineer based at 21382 Pensacola Cir., Huntington Beach, 92646, CA, USA

    Stuart D Hann

  5. Department of Political Science University of Minnesota, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 55455, Minnesota, USA

    Lawrence R Jacobs

  6. Institute for Social, Economic and Ecological Sustainability,

    Lawrence R Jacobs

  7. Institute for Social, Economic and Ecological Sustainability,

    Emily E Pullins

  8. C.S.J. formerly of Dupont is retired and now living at 4935 Mesa Capella Drive, Las Vegas, 89148, Nevada, USA

    Charles S Johnson

  9. Department of Applied Economics at The Food Industry Center, 317 Classroom Office Building, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, 55108, Minnesota, USA

    Jean D Kinsey

  10. GlaxoSmithKline, P.O. Box 1539, King of Prussia, 19406, Pennsylvania, USA

    Ronald L Krall

  11. World Resources Institute, 10 G St. NE, Ste. 800, Washington, 20002, DC, USA

    Antonio GM La Viña

  12. Food and Environment Program, Union of Concerned Scientists, 1707 H St. NW, Ste. 600, Washington, 20006, DC, USA

    Margaret G Mellon

  13. Department of Applied Economics University of Minnesota, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, 55108, Minnesota, USA

    Vernon W Ruttan

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Kapuscinski, A., Goodman, R., Hann, S. et al. Making 'safety first' a reality for biotechnology products. Nat Biotechnol 21, 599–601 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt0603-599

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