NO SHORT-CUT TO REAL BIOSAFETY
Published By kavitha On Wednesday, October 3rd 2012. Under Uncategorized Tags: Biosafety, Coalition for a GM-Free India, GM field trials
Today (October 2nd 2012), civil society, particularly from the host country India, urged global leaders at the MOP6 on Biosafety Protocol to follow the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), in letter and spirit, to ensure that our biodiversity and with it the access of the local people to their biological ... Continue Reading
COALITION FOR A GM-FREE INDIA WELCOMES THE PARLIAMENTARY STANDING COMMITTEE’S REPORT ON GM CROPS
Published By kavitha On Thursday, August 9th 2012. Under Uncategorized Tags: Basudeb Acharia, Biosafety, BRAI Bill, Bt brinjal, Bt cotton, GM crops, Parliamentary Standing Committee
ASKS GOVERNMENT TO IMMEDIATELY STOP ALL FIELD TRIALS.
ALSO DEMANDS GOVT THROW OUT THE BRAI BILL AND BRING IN A BIOSAFETY STATUTE,
AND STOP CALLING BT COTTON IN INDIA A SUCCESS
New Delhi, August 9, 2012: Calling the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Agriculture’s report on GM crops a historic, comprehensive and ... Continue Reading
Why genetically engineered food is dangerous
http://earthopensource.org/files/pdfs/GMO_Myths_and_Truths/GMO_Myths_and_Truths_1.1.pdfNew report by genetic engineers
Press release for immediate release
Earth Open Source
17 June 2012
Contact: Claire Robinson +44 (0)752 753 6923 (UK) claire.robinson@earthopensource.org
Dr John Fagan +1 312 351 2001 jfagan@earthopensource.org
Dr Michael Antoniou +44 (0)20 7188 3708 michael.antoniou@kcl.ac.uk
LONDON, UK – Aren’t critics of genetically engineered food anti-science? Isn’t the debate over GMOs (genetically modified organisms) a spat between emotional but ... Continue Reading
GM label on packaged food soon in India…. MCA issues notification
Published By kavitha On Tuesday, June 19th 2012. Under Uncategorized Tags: Biosafety, GM food, GM label, health risks, Right to Know
The Ministry of consumer affairs in an extra ordinary gazette notification, made an amendment to bring in GM food labeling under G.S.R. 427 (E) 2 (b) (ii) after sub rule 6, the following sub rule shall be inserted with effect from 1st day of January 2013, namely
(7) Every packaged ... Continue Reading
Government sabotaging Public Debate on Genetically Modified (GM) Crops by the introduction of BRAI Bill
Published By kavitha On Wednesday, August 24th 2011. Under BRAI Bill Tags: Biosafety, BRAI Bill, Press Releases, Scientific Studies
Press Release: Coalition for a GM-Free India
“Government sabotaging Public Debate on Genetically Modified (GM) Crops by the introduction of BRAI Bill”:
“No Vision for Sustainable Development, No Transparency, No Public Consultation, No Role for State Governments, No Biosafety Guarantees, No Needs Analysis, No Impact Assessment and No effective Liability and Redressal ... Continue Reading
BRAI BILL 2011 A BLATANT ATTEMPT TO BULLDOZE RESISTANCE & CONCERNS
Published By kavitha On Wednesday, August 17th 2011. Under BRAI Bill Tags: Biosafety, BRAI, Bt brinjal, GM crops
Press Release: COALITION FOR A GM-FREE INDIA
BRAI BILL 2011 IS NO BETTER THAN ANTI-PEOPLE, ANTI-NATURE BRAI 2009: IT IS A BLATANT ATTEMPT TO BULLDOZE STATE GOVTS’ & CITIZENS’ RESISTANCE AGAINST AND CONCERNS ABOUT GM CROPS:
“WRONG BILL BY WRONG PEOPLE FOR WRONG REASONS: ALL PROGRESSIVE PARTIES AND THEIR MPs SHOULD REJECT ... Continue Reading
