Soory for my previous mail regarding GM crops in india. I didn't sent it personally t every one, but when just provided login details to a site, it fetched all contacts and sent a email to them. Sorry about this.
[email protected] On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 10:53 PM, Ben Chobot <[email protected]> wrote: > While I agree that GM crops are a potential source of badness, this email > is highly inappropriate for this list (as I'm sure you've been told by now.) > > On Aug 18, 2011, at 2:22 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi , > > I just signed a petition asking Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to stop the > Biotechnology Regulatory Authority of India (BRAI) Bill from being passed. > > This bill will create a body which will single-handedly clear all > genetically modified (GM) crops. Public opposition made the Karnataka > government ban field trials of GM crops in the state recently. Now we need > to get the national government to stop this bill. > *You should ask Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to stop the dangerous BRAI > bill too:* > > http://www.greenpeace.in/take-action/save-your-food/stop-the-brai-bill.php<http://www.greenpeace.in/take-action/save-your-food/stop-the-brai-bill.php?tyf> > > Regards, > > ------------------------------ > > Click here to ask PM Manmohan Singh to save your > food<http://www.greenpeace.in/take-action/save-your-food/stop-the-brai-bill.php> > Our > government is working on a disastrous recipe. It’s a bill that will place > genetically modified (GM) food on our plates, without our knowledge. > > The Biotechnology Regulatory Authority of India *(BRAI) bill* can be > tabled anytime in this monsoon session of Parliament. The bill, which is not > even public, is being pushed in a *hasty and secretive* fashion. According > to an earlier version leaked by the media, the bill will create a > centralised non transparent body which will become the sole approver for GM > crops. [1] > > By being secretive, the *government* is only *creating* more *suspicion*about > the intention of the bill. > *Public opposition* helped stop Bt Brinjal, last year.[2] Now we need to > get the national government to stop this bill and save our food. > > *You should ask Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to stop this bill because it > is not transparent.* > > http://www.greenpeace.in/take-action/save-your-food/stop-the-brai-bill.php > > Opposition from people against GM crops in Karnataka made the government > declare a ban on the field trials of GM crops in the state. [3] This can > be achieved again. Support from lakhs of people will help put *pressure on > * the *PM* to stop this bill. > > The last known draft of the *bill* had a clause which allowed BRAI to * > escape* the purview of *Right to Information*.[4] If the bill is passed as > is, we will not be able to stop *genetic modification of 56 other crops*in > the pipeline. > > Ask the PM to *stop this bill* now! > > http://www.greenpeace.in/take-action/save-your-food/stop-the-brai-bill.php > > Thanks a billion! > > [image: Photo of Kapil Mishra] > Kapil Mishra > Sustainable Agriculture Campaigner > Greenpeace India > *P.S. Want to support our campaigns? We don't take money from any > corporation, government or political party! We never have, and we never > will. Do help Greenpeace remain fiercely and proudly independent. We will > send you a Greenpeace T-shirt as a thank you for showing support for our > campaigns. Click here to chip > in<http://greenpeace.in/donate/donate_to_greenpeace_india.php?brai8fs> > .* > Sources: > > 1. A law unto itself, *www.outlookindia.com*, March 8, 2010 > http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?264454 > 2. 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 > 3. No GM trials in State: Katti, *Deccan Herald*, July 20, 2011 > > http://www.deccanherald.com/content/177877/no-gm-trials-state-katti.html > 4. Biotech Bill: Sweeping powers, glaring omissions, *www.rediff.com*, > March 11, 2010 > > > http://business.rediff.com/column/2010/mar/11/guest-biotech-bill-glaring-omissions.htm > > [email protected] > > You are receiving this email because someone you know sent it to you from > the Greenpeace site. Greenpeace retains no information about individuals > contacted through its site, and will not send you further messages without > your consent -- although your friends could, of course, send you another > message. > > > -- Copyright. All rights are reserved for any object, text, ideas, images and any other things. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Keep your Environment clean and green. --------------------------xox----------------------------------------
