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Dehradun, India 2
Science Unclear on GM Crops
转基因农作物的科学机理仍然未知

At a 29 October press conference, India’s new science minister, S. Jaipal Reddy, took a skeptical stance on one of the country’s hottest issues: genetically modified (GM) crops. In response to questions from Science, Reddy said “the science is not clear.” Reddy, a graduate in English and a career politician who is known as one of India’s finest orators, took over as science minister on 29 October in a cabinet reshuffle by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. His new job will require him to navigate the highly charged debate on GM crops.

10月29日新闻发布会之后，印度新的科学部长S. Jaipal Reddy质疑了现在最具争议性的话题之一：转基因农作物。Reddy回答了Science的问题，他说“科学机理还不清楚。”Reddy毕业于英语专业，是一名职业政客，并被认为是印度最出色的演说家之一。他于10月29日在Manmohan Singh内阁换届中接任了科学部长一职，将会负责处理关于转基因农作物异常紧张的争议。

The prime minister’s Scientific Advisory Council expressed support for biotechnology in an early-October report. But on 17 October, an expert panel appointed by India’s Supreme Court to advise it on a GM case recommended a 10-year moratorium on GM crop field trials.

总理的科学咨询委员会在10月上旬的一份报告中表达了对生物技术的支持。然而，在10月17日，由印度最高法院指派的一个专家委员会却建议把转基因农作物的田间试验暂停10年。

“Not having a science background should not be a handicap for the new minister,” says physicist Ajay Sood, president of the Indian Academy of Sciences in Bangalore. But he says scientists expect the influential minister to have a “positive outlook to science.”

物理学家Ajay Sood 是印度科学院院长，他说“缺乏科学基础不应该让新部长束手束脚”，科学家们希望位高权重的部长“能对科学有一个积极的看法。”

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