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BT Brinjal opinion poll

Publication | April 16, 2010 at 20:28

BT Brinjal opinion poll

The minutes of the 79th meeting of GEAC

Publication | September 20, 2007 at 5:30

Section 9 of this document permits the large scale trials of Bt Brinjal of Monsanto- Mahyco

The Bt Brinjal story

Publication | September 20, 2007 at 5:30

The Bt Brinjal story - a chronology of events following the Mahyco - Monsanto's attempt to introduce Bt Brinjal in India.

Stage set to conduct large scale GE brinjal feeding trials on an unsuspecting and...

Press release | July 19, 2006 at 19:02

NEW DELHI, India — Greenpeace today released their scientific submission (1) made to the Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC) that exposed serious flaws in the biosafety protocols used for assessing GE brinjal by Monsanto-Mahyco who...

Illegal genetically engineered Chinese rice discovered in Europe

Press release | September 5, 2006 at 5:30

Greenpeace International released findings today that show illegal GE (genetically engineered) rice from China has contaminated food products in France, Germany and the UK. Greenpeace has notified authorities that the illegal GE rice poses...

Demand GM food be banned in Tamil nadu until proven safe

Press release | January 28, 2009 at 5:30

CHENNAI, India — 15 activists from the Safe Food Alliance confronted 150 MLAs who were on their way to the assembly today, and demanded that they address the issue of Genetically Modified food crops in the state. They requested the MLAs to raise...

Youth outrage at GEAC meeting; demands ban of unsafe Bt Brinjal

Press release | January 14, 2009 at 5:30

NEW DELHI, India — The 91st meeting of Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC) witnessed an unprecedented youth outrage today when a group of 50 anxious youths gathered outside the meeting place at CGO complex, raised ‘STOP’ symbols and...

Union Health Minister vows to stop unsafe GM food

Press release | December 22, 2008 at 17:35

KANCHEEPURAM, TAMIL NADU, India — In the midst of a 10,000 party workers and farmers gathering from Tamil Nadu that thronged to listen to the Union Health Minister, Dr. Anbumani Ramadoss, at a public meeting, Greenpeace campaigners took the...

Farmers rise up against Genetic Engineering, ask TNAU to stop open air field trials

Press release | February 22, 2008 at 5:30

COIMBATORE, India — More than hundred farmers, consumers and environmental activists belonging to Thamizhaga velan kappu kuzhu today protested against a Genetic Engineering field trial of BT brinjal being conducted by the Tamil Nadu Agricultural...

GE threat moves to cities

Press release | January 15, 2008 at 5:30

HAMIDPUR, DELHI, India — Greenpeace activists wearing huge "eye balls" bore witness to open-air field trials of genetically engineered Brinjal (aubergine) at Hamidpur, on the outskirts of Delhi today.

Greenpeace questions ICAR move to conduct GE Brinjal field trials

Press release | September 17, 2007 at 5:30

NEW DELHI, India — Highlighting the imminent threat of genetically engineered food crops making its run through India's food chain, Greenpeace today slammed the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) for its scruffy act in collaborating...

Mumbai voices against nuclear liability bill

Press release | July 8, 2010 at 20:48

MUMBAI, India — Consultation on Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Bill 2010 held today at the University of Mumbai charged that the bill acts as a facilitator of corporate immunity rather than a protector of peoples fundamental rights.

Greenpeace raises GM alert on top Indian foods

Press release | September 8, 2009 at 5:30

NEW DELHI, India — Greenpeace releases a food guide that alerts consumers on which popular food brands in India use genetically modified ingredients in their products.

Say No to Genetic Engineering

Hub | September 22, 2010 at 14:23

Greenpeace in India and in several other countries entered the agriculture scenario with the campaign against the environmental release of GE or GM organisms. GE crops represent everything that is wrong with our agriculture. They perpetuate the...

Citizens uphold their right to know about and reject GM foods

Press release | April 16, 2010 at 5:30

NEW DELHI, India — An overwhelming majority – 89 per cent – of people say that they have the right to reject genetically modified foods (GM foods), revealed a citizens’ opinion poll released today by Greenpeace. The poll on genetically modified...

GM food, potential threat to fertility: New study Will Dr. Ramadoss act now?

Press release | November 14, 2008 at 5:30

BANGALORE, India — A study published this week by the Austrian government identified serious health threats of genetically engineered (GE) crops. In one of the very few long-term feeding studies ever conducted with GE crops, the fertility of mice...

Unsafe GM food poised to explode in India: Greenpeace report

Press release | October 15, 2008 at 5:30

DELHI, India — “We will survive without GM (Genetically Modified) food but we will never be able to survive the change unleashed by the tide of modification that is called Genetic Engineering” said Aruna Roy, at the launch of Greenpeace’s Genetic...

Genetically engineered Bt brinjal and the implications for plant biodiversity - revisited

Publication | May 3, 2012 at 11:00

Concerns over the commercial release of genetically modified (GM), Bt brinjal, also called aubergine or talong, relate to biosafety. One major concern is the potential for transgene flow from Bt brinjal to wild, weedy and cultivated relatives. As...

Cabinet approval of BRAI bill 2010- a blow to the public vote against Bt Brinjal

Press release | August 17, 2010 at 17:33

Greenpeace today condemned the UPA Cabinet approval to Biotechnology Regulatory Authority of India (BRAI) Bill 2010 and appealed to all political parties to oppose it from being tabled and passed in Parliament .

Public consultation on liability bill too constrained: Greenpeace

Press release | June 25, 2010 at 13:14

NEW DELHI, India — In an inadequate and feeble attempt towards including people’s voices on the Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Bill 2010, the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science and Technology has given just 15 days for “wider...

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