Latha Jishnu: The unchecked spread of illegal Bt cotton cultivation is a serious threat to the state

V Gangadharan
Chennai

MEDICAL practitioners, biotechnologists, farmers and traders are worried over the threat of unhealthy Genetically Modified vegetables making their way into the market. Voices urging the Centre to prevent entry of these vegetables into the Indian market were raised at a Greenpeace press meet here.

Joe C Mathew / New Delhi November 05, 2008, 0:54 IST

Even as the debate over safety and essentiality of genetically modified (GM) foods continues, Indian research institutes are trying to genetically modify some high-value medicinal herbs that are an integral part of ayurvedic medicine, a recent report of pro-environment group Greenpeace has said.

Akshaya Kumar Sahoo

The protesting organisations and leaders have been visiting premier educational institutes, including leading universities of the state, and sensitizing the students about the

Russian biologist irina ermakova, whose research showed deadly effects of genetically modified soya on rats, spoke to savvy soumya misra about the experiments at the Institute of Higher Nervous Activity and Neurophysiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow On the effects of GM soya on rats The research determines a clear link between eating GM soya and the future of living beings.

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NEW DELHI

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