DAVAO CITY – Organic farming advocates in Davao welcomed the latest independent study which revealed that the consumption of the Bt eggplant can cause inflammation, reproductive disorders and liver damage. The Institute for Independent Impact Assessment in Biotechnology released a report prepared by Lou Gallagher, an environmental epidemiologist and risk assessment expert from New Zealand […]
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Cancellation of permit to test genetically modified eggplant hailed
DAVAO CITY, Philippines—Advocates of sustainable agriculture welcomed the decision of the Bureau of Plant Industry to cancel the permit to test-grow genetically modified eggplant, locally referred to as “BT talong.”
The bureau had granted the permit to the University of the Philippines in Mindanao and the Visayan State University in Baybay, Leyte.