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This is Neha Saigal again!

This is in response to Prof. Balasubramaniam (Message 33) and I would like to emphasise here that the opinion that Bt Brinjal will destroy the medicinal properties of brinjal due to loss of synergy, differences in the alkaloids and changes in other active principles is not mine alone but that of doctors of the Indian Systems of Medicine including ayurveda, siddha, homeopathy and unani. Please refer to page 13 of http://www.moef.nic.in/downloads/public-information/minister_REPORT.pdf (800 KB).

I also think Dr Suman Sahai (Message 35) has expressed the regulatory problems with the release of Bt Brinjal very aptly. I would also like to request Prof Balasubramanium to send references of where is it widely accepted that wild relatives of brinjal (the so called ayurvedic brinjals) inherently are sexually incompatible with cultivated brinjal varieties.

Neha Saigal
Sustainable Agriculture Campaigner,
Greenpeace India,
60 Wellington Street.
Richmond Town,
Bangalore
India
e-mail:neha.saigal (at) greenpeace.org

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