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Bt brinjal is almost on your table, tests cleared for tomatoes, bhindi

NEW DELHI, AUGUST 17: One year after it was first taken up for consideration, India’s first genetically modified food crop is one step away from being sold commercially. In a recent meeting, the apex regulatory body, cleared Bt brinjal (genetically modified brinjal) developed by Mahyco, for large-scale trials. It al ....Read more

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unhealthy foodBy: Manivasagan | Friday , 17 Apr '09 9:05:54 AM Reply | Forward our government is permitting them without thinking about healh issues of common man.those who are doing agriculture research undeniably accepting these larger issues without second thought.only way to protect you,me,and everyone is insisting on proper biosafety trial,if found harmful we should stop Bt food crops once for all till plant biotechnology brings harmless food crops.people and government must insist on tagging Bt food items so that consumers can have informed choice of products

NO to GM BrinjalBy: Aravinda | Thursday , 18 Dec '08 15:35:07 PM Reply | Forward Thousands of citizens have written to Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss to oppose GM foods in India. He too has stated that he opposes GM foods and will not allow Brinjal or other foods without sufficient research. Who conducts and interprets this research and who decides when it is sufficient? We are learning from studies elsewhere that crops modified with genes of other species pose serious health hazards that may appear in 3rd or 4th generations. We cannot afford to put ourselves, our land or our farmers at such risk. For the sake of our future we must oppose GM crops.

OMGBy: Sonali | Tuesday , 16 Dec '08 23:06:37 PM Reply | Forward Here the world wants to go organic and we are going GM.What is the govt trying to do.Provide for the people or the companies.It is very wrong to go ahead with such a Bt.Brinjal production.This will be the start and we will have a whole new range of GM food on our table in no time.

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