BT Allergy in North India Crying Out for Attention.

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ISIS Press Release 28/01/08

 

BT Allergy in North India Crying Out for Attention

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Dr. Sudhir Kumar Kaura’s impassioned plea

 

As follow up to your articles More Illnesses Linked to Bt

Crops, and Mass Deaths in Sheep Grazing on Bt Cotton (SiS

30) describing health problems associated with genetically

modified (GM) Bt cotton in India, I draw your attention to

further symptoms of allergy reported this year in Sadalpur

Village near Hisar in Haryana State, India. Farmers say skin

itching is very common and even buffaloes and dogs are

affected.

 

The itching started to appear during the Bt cotton season

this year. The village Ayurvedic Hospital Compounder says

that on average, 10 cases of skin allergy/itching symptoms

in humans come to the hospital every day, and there is an

increasing trend over the past three or so years. Even

cotton factory workers in the area are complaining of an

itching problem. Itching is observed mainly on the skin and

in reproductive organs.

 

Animals are also affected. On average, 5-10 cases of skin

allergy/itching in buffaloes are presented at the village

veterinary hospital daily.

 

Thousands of sheep have died in Andhra Pradesh in past

years, but there is still no real action on the part of

Indian Government. Even the local and national media are not

paying any attention to this problem. We have asked the

local and national TV channels and newspapers to investigate

into the problem caused by Bt cotton in humans and animals.

 

 

 

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