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From: Kapil Mishra
To: [email protected]
Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2011 12:12 PM
Subject: Corrupt bill
Dear Niloufer,
The Biotechnology Regulatory Authority of India (BRAI) bill is all set to be
tabled in Parliament. You understand the dangers of GM food and have already
signed a petition against this bill. Time is short and we need to get more
signatures on this petition to show the strength behind this demand.
You should forward the email below to your friends and family and ask them to
sign this petition because the BRAI once formed, will be a non-transparent,
autocratic body which will approve GM food crops without any safety checks.
Thanks a billion!
Kapil Mishra
Sustainable agriculture campaigner,
Greenpeace India
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Dear friend,
Click here to save your food from corruption
Almost 50,000 people have already said no to corruption of their food. Yet
the government is set to create the autocratic Biotechnology Regulatory
Authority of India (BRAI), which will approve genetically modified (GM) food
and escape scrutiny under the Right to Information act. Those who protested
against this were arrested. [1]
If the bill is cleared, our worst fears will come true. The clauses in this
bill make BRAI an unquestionable, autocratic body, run by the proponents of
genetically modified (GM) food, to allow GM crops in our country without
checking their safety.
Thousands of people have already joined the attempt to make the World's
biggest GM Free Baingan Bharta to show the Prime Minister that we don’t want
BRAI. One lakh signatures on this petition will help make the World Record.
You should ask Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to stop this bill because it is
no transparent and a threat to our food:
http://www.greenpeace.in/take-action/save-your-food/stop-the-brai-bill.php
Right now the nation is witnessing an uprising against corruption.[2] The
government is feeling the pressure. Lakhs of people coming together against
this corrupt bill will help show the government that we don’t want foreign
corporations, developing GM crops, to mess with our food.
The bill in its current form allows BRAI to escape the purview of the Right
to Information Act. We will not be able to find out what they are putting in
our food. Informed public opposition, which helped stop Bt brinjal,[3] might
not get a chance if this body is created. Ask the PM to stop the bill now!
http://www.greenpeace.in/take-action/save-your-food/stop-the-brai-bill.php
Thanks a billion!
Kapil Mishra
Sustainable Agriculture Campaigner
Greenpeace India
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Sources:
1.. Protesters opposing BRAI bill arrested, Greenpeace India August 17,
2011,
http://www.greenpeace.org/india/en/Press/Protesters-opposing-BRAI-bill-arrested-/
2.. India unites: Protests, fasts across nation in support of Anna Hazare
and Lokpal Bill, Times of India, August 16, 2011
http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-08-16/india/29891698_1_activist-arvind-kejriwal-second-struggle-lokpal-bill
3.. India says no to Bt brinjal, for now, www.rediff.com, February 9, 2010
http://business.rediff.com/report/2010/feb/09/india-says-no-to-bt-brinjal-for-now.htm
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