Swiss scientists are warning that a proposed five-year moratorium on biotech crops in that country,which will be put to a vote Nov.27,could lead to a brain drain from the nation's universities."Switzerland cannot afford to stick its head in the sand,"Ernst Hafen,who will become president of Zurich's Federal Institute of Technology in December,told the Neue Zurcher Zeitung."Ten of ! Europe's best 50 biotechnology researchers are Swiss.We should not hinder their projects or they will start heading abroad.Uncertainty or a poisonous working environment will make some people hesitate to pursue a career in this field."
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