The Philippines National Academy of Science and Technology (NAST) last week blasted Greenpeace for trying to stop field trials of a genetically modified eggplant. Two weeks ago, the environmental group petitioned the country's supreme court claiming that crops modified with a gene from Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) are dangerous for humans and the environment and that approval procedures are flawed. NAST hit back on 2 May, calling the allegations "baseless" and the petition "not in the public interest."
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