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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Open Field Tests of GM Mustard Need to be Conducted with Utmost Precaution: AIPSN

Open Field Tests of GM Mustard Need to be Conducted with Utmost Precaution: AIPSN

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published Published on Dec 8, 2022   modified Modified on Dec 9, 2022

-The Hindu

“It would have been better if seed production trials take place in a controlled rather than in an open environment so as to assess various risks before conducting open field trials,” read a statement by the AIPSN.

Following the go-ahead for production and field testing of hybrid seeds of genetically modified (GM) mustard, All-India Peoples Science Network (AIPSN) has demanded that the open field tests, if any, be conducted with “utmost precautions and in carefully selected locations to ensure strict isolation from neighbouring fields of mustard”.

The statement from the AIPSN comes after the Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC) permitted on October 18 field testing of the DMH II variety of GM mustard. It has called the approval “the most significant step in India regarding GM foods” since the moratorium announced on the release of Bt Brinjal in 2010.

AIPSN noted that concerns have been expressed about the herbicide tolerance built into the GM hybrid. “Whereas the GEAC release clarifies that the particular “bar” gene is a marker for herbicide tolerance only during “hybrid seed production... not for cultivation in the farmer’s field under any situation” it would have been better if seed production trials take place in a controlled rather than in an open environment so as to assess various risks before conducting open field trials.”

The Network also suggested that the trials be conducted by public bodies such as Indian Council of Agricultural Research or agricultural universities under the supervision of an independent committee of experts from different relevant disciplines – including ecologists, eco-toxicologists, pollination biologists, farmers’ organisations and concerned civil society organisations. “The trials should be conducted with full transparency, and the data generated should periodically be placed in the public domain. […] Finally, AIPSN urges that any eventual decision on commercial release must be taken after thorough rigorous assessments of the results of these trials and based on a detailed plan for regulatory systems and institutional framework governing modalities of seed production and distribution, including provisions for public scrutiny of the same,” read the statement.

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The Hindu, 8 December, 2022, https://www.newsclick.in/open-field-tests-GM-mustard-conducted-utmost-precaution-AIPSN


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