Stop Bt Cotton Experiment!! Sign Petition to Health Minister!!

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Ready to be lab rats for Bt Brinjal testing? If not, send this petition to

Health Minister NOW!!..

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If you do not want to become a lab rat in this big unaccountable experiment

driven by profit-hungry corporations on our food and farming, ACT NOW. Join

thousands of other Indians in a massive consumer campaign called " I AM NO LAB

RAT " . Visit www.iamnolabrat.com [directly to petition at:

http://iamnolabrat.com/labrat.php] send a petition to the Union Health Minister

reminding him that our health is his responsibility and there is no basis on

which the Ministry can allow Bt Brinjal into the country.

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Dear Friends,

 

Even though GM foods, especially in the form of Bt Brinjal, are looming large

over our plates (where bacterial genes have been inserted into the brinjal plant

unnaturally, with the claim that specific insect-killing toxins will be produced

within the plant and that farmers will not have to use much pesticides), many

consumers in India are not even aware of GM (Genetically Modified) foods.

 

These GM foods are created by taking genes from unrelated organisms, pretty

often cutting across the species/kingdom barriers [bacterial, viral and animal

genes in plants etc.] and the very process of random forcible insertion of such

genes causes molecular level changes/mutations with unpredictable and

irreversible results. Some of the results apparent from scientific studies

include health impacts like organ damage (kidney, liver, intestines, brain

etc.), cellular level changes, adverse efffects on growth and development of an

organism and even inter-generational effects.

 

 

In India, the biotech industry is claiming that Bt Brinjal is now ready to be

introduced in the markets on a commercial basis. No such genetically modified

vegetable that is more or less directly consumed exists anywhere else. We are

the Centre of Origin & Diversity for brinjal and with the introduction of Bt

Brinjal, native diversity is threatened.

 

Further, brinjal is known to have medicinal properties and is used in the

treatment of Type B Diabetes, for instance. It is also used in ayurveda. The

impacts of Bt Brinjal are unknown and unpredictable. All decision making so far

has happened based on the company's data and there is no independent research to

show that this is safe for consumption and on other fronts.

 

Also remember, if Bt Brinjal is allowed into India, there will be no choices

left for consumers. Even if you do not choose to eat Bt Brinjal, you cannot

distinguish it from normal brinjals in the market! Don't you think that food

safety and choice is your basic right??

 

If you do not want to become a lab rat in this big unaccountable experiment

driven by profit-hungry corporations on our food and farming, ACT NOW. Join

thousands of other Indians in a massive consumer campaign called " I AM NO LAB

RAT " . Visit www.iamnolabrat.com and send a petition to the Union Health Minister

reminding him that our health is his responsibility and there is no basis on

which the Ministry can allow Bt Brinjal into the country.

 

Hoping that all of you will act on this now....Send the petition to the health

minister and forward this letter to all your friends...

 

Regards.

Living Farms,

Plot no 1181/2146,

Ratnakar Bag - 2

Tankapani Road,

Bhubaneswar - 751008,

Orissa, INDIA.

livingfarms

 

 

 

 

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