2013-12-13 | permalink

International Civil Society Statement of Concern on the Commercialization of Bt Brinja

One hundred civil society organizations from around the world have written to the authorities in Bangladesh, urging them to suspend the planned commercialization of Bt brinjal, genetically engineered to produce a Cry1Ac-like toxin, in Bangladesh. This is the same Mahyco-Monsanto Bt brinjal that was stopped in India, and its history there is highly relevant.

• International Civil Society Statement of Concern on the Commercialization of Bt Brinjal (Biosafety Information Centre)
• Urgent Need for Proper Assessment of Risks of Transgene Flow from Bt Brinjal (Biosafety Information Centre)