Click here to sign our petition: "Minister Chavan has betrayed the public trust
by doing the dirty work of biotech giants. The Prime Minister should throw out
Chavan's corrupt GM bill."
Dear friend,
Bt Brinjal could be back because science and
technology minister Prithviraj Chavan is trying to change the rules of the
game.
Mr. Chavan pushed for Bt Brinjal in a letter
he copied word for word from a study funded by biotech seed companies,
including Monsanto.[1] He's furious over the widespread public rejection of
Monsanto's Bt Brinjal.
So now he will be introducing an undemocratic
GM bill to ease the legalisation of Bt Brinjal, rice, and more – without any
public input. [2]
Mr. Chavan is supposed to serve the people of
India. Instead, he's betraying the public trust by serving the interests of
biotech corporations.
Can you sign this petition asking the Prime
Minister to stop Minister Chavan from poisoning our food?
http://greenpeace.in/safefood/chavan-petition/
The petition says: "Minister Chavan has
betrayed the public trust by doing the dirty work of biotech giants. The Prime
Minister should throw out Chavan's corrupt GM bill."
Your petition signature will be delivered to
the Prime Minister.
In a letter to the former health minister, Mr.
Chavan shamelessly lifted paragraphs from reports funded by Monsanto to argue
for GM crops in India. This letter representing commercial interests is now a
part of the official documents being referred to by the Prime Minister's
office.
Chavan's bill would create a Biotechnology
Regulatory Authority of India (BRAI), a small body of technocrats whose
decisions cannot be questioned. If passed, this bill will deny the State
governments' rights to say no and BRAI will escape the purview of the Right To
Information Act – both of which helped stop Bt Brinjal. The citizens of this
country will never be able to stop genetic contamination of rice or any of the
other food crops in the pipeline. [3]
It's time to act again. Sign the petition and
save our food from genetic contamination:
http://greenpeace.in/safefood/chavan-petition/
Thanks a billion!
Jai Krishna
Sustainable Agriculture Campaigner
Greenpeace India
Sources:
1. Prithvi used GM lobby data to push Bt brinjal, India Today, February
18, 2010
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/site/Story/84529/India/Prithvi+used+GM+lobby+data+to+push+Bt+brinjal.html
2. New GM bill threatens critics with prison,
GMwatch.org, February 17, 2010
http://www.gmwatch.org/latest-listing/1-news-items/11946-new-gm-bill-threatens-critics-with-prison
3. Prithvi used GM lobby data to push Bt
brinjal, India Today, February 18, 2010
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/site/Story/84529/India/Prithvi+used+GM+lobby+data+to+push+Bt+brinjal.html
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