Report on a biosafety conference held on 7-9 Nov 2010 in Nagoya, Japan […]
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CONCLUSIONS:
1. Claims made in support of Bt Cotton either in terms of pesticide usage or yields or economics do not hold as the data presented in this […]
Under the pretext of addressing environmental degradation, climate change and the energy and food crises, industry is portending a “New Bioeconomy” and the replacement of fossil carbon with living matter, now labeled “biomass.” […] Bt Cotton has not been too positive in Karnataka where pests are emerging and pesticides use has increased. […] The Biosafety Protocol lags far behind the biosafety challenges faced by developing countries such as South Africa, argues Mariam Mayet of the ACB. […] The ACB raised its objections against the application for field release of GM sugarcane citing lack of information and flawed assumptions. […] GE wheat will have significant impact on Australia’s consumers, farmers, the economy and the environment. […] |
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