19.10.2010 | permalink
If the authorities in India read David Andow’s report on Bt brinjal they would have to put a permanent moratorium on the genetically modified vegetable. The US entomologist is one of the recognised experts on the environmental risks of GM crops, and his just-released report - Bt Brinjal: The scope and adequacy of the GEAC environmental risk assessment - reveals how limited the regulator’s appraisal of the developer’s safety data was.