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11.08.2010 | permalink
Department of Agriculture in the Philippines laughs about health concerns on Bt eggplant
the representative of the Department of Agriculture in the Philippines (Photo:Joel S. Rudinas)
Scientific studies about the Indian Bt eggplant demonstrated that it is unfit for human consumption and detrimental to a healthy environment as cited by the Indian government in rejecting the release of Bt eggplant. This evidence should have already compelled Joel S. Rudinas the representative of the Department of Agriculture in the Philippines to stop the field tests.
Support the Petition to stop Bt eggplant in the Philippines!!!
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- Dateline Philippines: Farmers protest BT eggplant testing
