India Supreme Court Petitioned To Halt Uncontrolled Spread of GM Crops.

May 9, 2006

8 May 2006 15:42:03 -0000Health Supreme Update: India Supreme Court Petitioned To HaltUncontrolled Spread of GM CropsseppHealth Supreme Update: India Supreme Court Petitioned To HaltUncontrolled Spread of GM Crops Read the petition at: http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/sepp/docs/Rejoinder.pdf 2006.05.08 17:41:59------ India could lead the way in making sure that transgenic

food technology is used safely, according to Aruna Rodrigues, who has filed a petition to the Indian Supreme Court asking that it make sure the government fulfill its obligation of actually testing the GM varieties to be imported as food or grown in India. After a reply by Monsanto's lawyers, Aruna has filed an additional pleading - called a rejoinder affidavit - with the Supreme Court giving more reasons why the safety testing is needed and why Indian authorities should not just close their eyes to the imminent danger the widespread use of GM technology in agriculture. The depressing picture that emerges from this court filing and the brief quotes

above is that Monsanto and other GE multinationals are running circles around the national regulators that are supposed to keep our food supply healthy and our environment clean and protected. We can only hope that actions like this one in India and others around the world will force the legislators and regulators will be made to take a hard look at what is happening and act to curb a technology that has obviously become a killing machine with the potential to wipe out more than just butterflies. The relief asked of the Indian Supreme Court is that imports should be certified GMO free, and that the release of any GMO into the environment should be suspended subject to proper bio-safety tests. Too much to ask? I should say no - those things should have been required long ago. ------http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/sepp/2006/05/08/india_supreme_court_petitioned_t\o_halt_uncontrolled_spread_of_gm_crops.htm-- "Our ideal is not the spirituality that withdraws from life but the conquest of life by the power of the spirit." - Aurobindo.

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