The point of this revelation is not that there are GM plants in the wild, that isn't new. The point is that transgenic plants are crossing and producing unexpected combinations. We have heard a great deal about synergistic effects of untested combinations of pesticides, for example. Now we are faced with the prospect of hybrid transgenics and unforeseen outcomes. Perhaps it is not implausible to imagine new types of weeds coming about that are much more resistant to herbicides, due to the unexpected crossing of herbicide resistant varieties of canola. No one knows what the results of random crosses of transgenic plants or animals will be.

"There were also two instances of multiple transgenes in single individuals ... Varieties with multiple transgenic traits have not yet been released commercially ... These observations have important implications for the ecology and management of native and weedy species, as well as for the management of biotech products in the U.S."

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