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Bt eggplants (brinjal) in India
Since 1999 GENET collects and distributes information on various topics in the field of genetic engineering in agriculture, food production and health. With this "Special Topic: Bt Brinjal in India" GENET aims at providing an overview about the debate on development and approval of Bt brinjal in this country, based on our archives.
2011-05-03 | permalink
New Indian BT Brinjal panel has conflict of interest warn NGOs
Seven of the 16 members expert panel to examine new safety standards for BT Brinial, on which moratorium was imposed in February 2010, had a role to play in giving approval to India's first genetically modified food crop BT Brinjal. The panel has national advisory council member Madhav Gadgil, PM Bhargava, an independent GM expert,G Padmanabhan, Emeritus professor at Indian Institute of Sciences, Bangalore, and Bala Prasad, chief executive officer of National Medicinal Plants Board as members.
- Hindustan Times, India: New BT Brinjal panel has conflict of interest: NGOs
- GM Watch, UK: India’s discredited regulators to decide on Bt brinjal
- GM Watch, UK: Bt brinjal biosafety dossier must be rejected
- GM Watch, UK: Civil society asks independent experts to keep all ’moratorium factors’ in mind in deliberations on Bt brinjal & asks GM crop developers to recuse themselves
2011-05-03 | permalink
New Indian BT Brinjal panel has conflict of interest warn NGOs
Seven of the 16 members expert panel to examine new safety standards for BT Brinial, on which moratorium was imposed in February 2010, had a role to play in giving approval to India's first genetically modified food crop BT Brinjal. The panel has national advisory council member Madhav Gadgil, PM Bhargava, an independent GM expert,G Padmanabhan, Emeritus professor at Indian Institute of Sciences, Bangalore, and Bala Prasad, chief executive officer of National Medicinal Plants Board as members.
- Hindustan Times, India: New BT Brinjal panel has conflict of interest: NGOs
- GM Watch, UK: India’s discredited regulators to decide on Bt brinjal
- GM Watch, UK: Bt brinjal biosafety dossier must be rejected
- GM Watch, UK: Civil society asks independent experts to keep all ’moratorium factors’ in mind in deliberations on Bt brinjal & asks GM crop developers to recuse themselves
