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2009-10-14 | permalink
Test tube brinjal - The history of Bt eggplants in India
On the ministry’s regulatory body’s agenda was a historic item: permission for the commercial cultivation of India’s first genetically modified food crop. [...] GEAC was forced to delay a decision on the approval till April 2009. This, because of two reports that found their way to the meeting. For India’s small but highly active and well-networked anti-GM lobby had managed to get their hands on Mahyco’s test results through a Right to Information petition.
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2009-10-14 | permalink
Test tube brinjal - The history of Bt eggplants in India
On the ministry’s regulatory body’s agenda was a historic item: permission for the commercial cultivation of India’s first genetically modified food crop. [...] GEAC was forced to delay a decision on the approval till April 2009. This, because of two reports that found their way to the meeting. For India’s small but highly active and well-networked anti-GM lobby had managed to get their hands on Mahyco’s test results through a Right to Information petition.
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