Community | January 17, 2009 | 4 comments

Campaign against GM crops stepped up

source: http://www.expressbuzz.com/edition/story.aspx?Title=Campaign+against+GM+crops+stepped+up&art...

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People in India are aware of the dangers of GM crops and standing up to them. We have to do that now in America. However, it would appear that as with the climate crisis, denial due to one's salary or political status stands in the way of truth, along with media censorship.
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    • From the link:

      An eco-friendly group from Chennai, Poovulagin Nanbargal, is all set to step up its campaign against genetically modified crops and create awareness on growing crops using traditional methods of agricultural practices.

      The group plans to mobilise a large number of students from various schools and colleges from across the city next month and expose them to a two-day training camp where they will be made aware of the harmful effects of consuming genetically modified food.

      In line with its agenda, the group hosted a traditional Pongal festival here on Sunday where a group of women cooked pongal using only organic grains and sugar and distributed them to hundreds of onlookers who relished its natural taste.

      According to G Sivaraman, managing trustee of Poovulagin Nanbargal, genetically modified vegetables can seriously affect health by causing allergies and inducing fertility complications.

      He wondered how the Indian Government could approve genetically modified crops to be grown in the country when there was a ban on them in Europe, Australia and New Zealand.

      “The Union Government is planning to give its nod in March for growing BT brinjal in the country for commercial purposes without doing sufficient research on it. The government is also ignorant about the various health hazards that such a move will entail,’’ he said.

      The other main drawback of growing such genetically engineered crops was their seeds can only be manufactured in laboratories, he remarked.

      “About 70 per cent of all cottons used in the country is BT cotton, which is less problematic to humans as they are not consumable. But it has severe impact on the land on which it was cultivated. There have also been reports of livestock death after consuming the cotton seeds,’’ he said.

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