Round-up Glyphosate-Greenpeace Science Report

Basudeb Acharia, Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing committee on agriculture, emphasizing on the importance of sustainable farming to ensure food security and livelihood security. The report has been launched by Greenpeace in the first week of the parliamentary monsoon session in a bid draw attention to the proposed BRAI (Biotechnology Regulatory Authority of India) bill which will be introduced in this session.

Unique identifier: GP02HAO

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Shoot date: 04/08/2011

Locations: India, New Delhi, South Asia

Credit line: © Greenpeace / Sudhanshu Malhotra

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Ranking: ★★★★★★ (B)

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Round-up Glyphosate-Greenpeace Science Report Release in India

A new report launched by Greenpeace, a global environmental organisation, states that use of glyphosate based herbicides can pose risk to human health as well as environment). Introduction of herbicide tolerant GM crops which are under field trial stage in India can lead to widespread and intensive usage of these herbicides. The report was launched by Sri. Basudeb Acharia, Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing committee on Agriculture. The report also talks about the environmental impacts of glyphosate on aquatic life forms, soil invertebrates like the earth worms and higher life forms.

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