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Minutes of geac's 83rd meeting, held in April reveal that the agency's stand on the matter is replete with speculations and unscientific conclusions. For instance, it notes that
"sheep death might be due to high nitrite or nitrate contents and not due to Bt toxin". ivri, vested with the responsibility of testing for Bt toxin on test tissue samples of dead
sheep says that the samples taken were "not proper". It must be asked, if the samples taken were "not proper", how is it that the institute tested for other parameters
like nitrite and nitrate? It's a matter of great concern that authorities vested with the crucial task of measuring bio safety of gm crops approach the subject in a ham-fisted manner
and a lot of crucial data is kept away from the scrutiny of public under the garb of "commercial interest". Equally disturbing is the National Biotechnology Regulatory Bill, which
contains provisions that would prevent democratic control of genetic experiments and harm farmers and consumers in the long run. It is so very shocking and surprising that though agriculture
is a state subject, the Centre had not asked the views of states on the proposed legislation.