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The UPA government headed by Dr Manmohan Singh as the Indian Prime
Minister is back. It is time we brought to his notice an experiment that his government
is allowing, which is dangerous and unwanted – Genetically Modified (GM) food. If the Prime Minister does not take a firm stance against GM food, the first commercial GM food crop Bt Brinjal will soon be introduced in the market and our right to
know what we are eating, to choose what we eat and to safe food will
be taken away from us.
As you know, the only way to stop GM food is by raising our voice.
Many European Governments have rejected GM food as a result of protest
from citizens refusing to become lab rats in the genetic experiment.
Indians are not lab rats either. In the first leg of our campaign,
more than 70,000 Indians wrote to the ex-Health Minister, Dr. Anbumani
Ramadoss who took a firm public stance against GM foods. Let us do this again! |
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Watch Poison On The Platter |
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Genetically Modified (GM) food is created by taking genes from organisms like bacteria, viruses, spiders, scorpions or even human beings and forcibly inserting them into the genome of brinjals, potatoes, corn etc. so the crops develop new
traits. Often though, the new foods resulting from these experiments develop characteristics that are unnatural and unpredictable. When GM food was tested on rats, the results were alarming. Evidence linked GM with stunted growth, impaired immune systems, potentially precancerous cell growth in the intestines, enlarged livers, pancreases and intestines, higher blood sugar etc. Latest studies have confirmed that GM affects fertility. Stop GM
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