Genetically Modified Mustard? Biotech Makes more Questionable Claims

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By Christina Sarich

The biotech industry doesn’t want farmers to have that “a-ha moment,” the sudden realization that it could have saved themselves a truckload by purchasing non-genetically modified (non-GM) seed. It turns out non-GM mustard seed performs just as well as genetically modified mustard seed, which is promoted by the industry as ‘higher performing.’ What’s more, the industry’s claims that biotech seed is better than non-GM seed were based on fraud.

The Coalition for GM-Free India and an ex-scientist from Bhabha Atomic Research Centre state that GM mustard’s yield does not perform better than currently available non-GM varieties and hybrids. During …read more

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