Setting the record straight: a rebuttal to an erroneous analysis on transgenic insecticidal crops and natural enemies

Abstract

<p>While we think that environmental risk assessments of transgenic insect-resistant crops are important, we believe the paper by Lövei et al. (<a href="http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11248-009-9260-5/fulltext.html#CR13">2009</a>) advocates inappropriate summarization and statistical methods, a negatively biased and incorrect interpretation of the published data on non-target effects, and fails to place any putative effect into a meaningful ecological context. Such erroneous analyses do not serve the scientific or regulatory communities.</p>