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Test tube brinjal

• 14/04/2009

Savvy Soumya Misra And
Kirtiman Awasthi

India is on the verge of clearing its first genetically modified food crop, Bt brinjal, with several others in the pipeline. Does India need GM crops? Are they safe? How much does the consumer know?

On January 14, a meeting happened in room 23 on the sixth floor of the Union environment ministry building in Delhi. On the ministry

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  • Agriculture
  • Chemical Fertilisers
  • Pest Control
  • Vegetables
  • GM Crops
  • Health Effects
  • Toxicity Studies
  • Food Safety
  • GMOs
  • Genetic Engineering
  • High Court
  • Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF)
  • India

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