You too can do it! A mother writes to PM to stop Bt Brinjal.

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Dear Friends,

 

I have received this mail today from an acquaintance of mine. She has written a letter to the Prime Minister with a copy to Madam Sonia Gandhi on the very important subject of the approval of Bt Brinjal. In her own way she has brought out all the important points associated with this very controversial crop. The issue is very important and urgent. I would request you to kindly write/forward it to mothers you know on the subject or use the letter below as a template. This will help put some pressure on the Prime Minister to act and stop the menace of Bt Brinjal.

 

Once again, please write yourself if you are a mother facing a similar predicament or forward it to mothers you know along with this introductory letter.

 

The email id of the Prime Minister is manmohan and pmosb His address is:

 

Dr Manmohan Singh

Prime Minister,

Govt of India

Prime Ministers Office,

South Block, Raisinia Hill

New Delhi

India – 110 001

 

Madam Sonia Gandhi’s email id is 10janpath . Her address is

 

Madam Sonia Gandhi

Chairperson, UPA

10, Janpath

New Delhi,

India

 

Kindly do this much for the sake of the people of India.

 

Yours faithfully,

Jagannath Chatterjee

 

 

----- Forwarded Message ----jyotirmayee sarangi <jyotishristijagchat01; Living Farms <livingfarmsFri, 23 October, 2009 11:25:08 AMmy letter to PM

 

Dear Debjeet and Jagannathda

 

This is the letter i have sent to PM with copy marked to mrs. Sonia Gandhi on the issue of Bt Brinjal.

 

with regards

 

jyoti

 

 

To

Dr Manmohan Singh

Prime Minister

Govt of India

South Block, Raisina Hill,

New Delhi,

India-110 011.

Sub: Opposing the approval of Bt Brinjal in India

Dear Sir,

Please accept my Namaskar!

I am Mrs. Jyotirmayee Sarangi from Bhubaneswar,Orissa. I have a child of seven years. We are a family of three members. My parents stay nearby.

Since the past few months I have been reading in the papers about what is being termed as Genetically Engineered (GE) foods. At first I thought it was a good thing. If science can feed the world through innovative techniques there can be nothing better than that. Later when I read that this would be done by taking genes from bacteria, animals and even human beings, I began to have my doubts.

Someone in my group sent me a mail about Bt Brinjal that will be shortly approved it seems. This Bt Brinjal will contain genes of bacteria. This will make the whole plant poisonous. Insects will eat the stem and fruits and die. There will be less spraying of pesticides. This means the fruit will be poisonous from the inside! What will happen if human beings eat this poisonous fruit?

The mailed article said that Bt Cotton has been engineered similarly. Thousands of goats, sheep, cows, and buffaloes have eaten its straw and died very painful deaths.

I am extremely worried. Can I serve such food to my family or should I stop buying brinjal altogether? What will happen when we have to eat outside? When I have to visit friends and relatives? Or should I write to everyone not to purchase and cook brinjal? What about my parents, will they agree to have such food?

We are strict vegetarians. Will the introduction of genes from bacteria and other species into our and vegetables still keep them vegetarian?

I have also heard my friends expressing the same fear and concern. It seems other native brinjal varieties as well as tomato and chilli will be polluted by the poison. Brinjal has many medicinal properties and we use it as a home remedy, particularly for diabetes type B. Will the properties remain intact?

Independent Scientists say animal experiments have proven that such food is extremely dangerous for our health! It is reported that rats and mice fed this food have had underdeveloped organs and bodies, bleeding stomach ulcers, damaged liver and kidneys, intestines, damaged immune system, and also develop tendency to abort dead little ones, litters dying after birth. The rats and mice also developed sterility. All this is unbearable to a mother.

The moot question is why are we being experimented upon like this? Already our bodies are full of toxic pesticides and other poisons that have entered the food chain. Why add an unpredictable toxin on top of all such poisons? I being a strict vegetarian cannot even think of having such food.

I hope now you understand my concerns as a parent and as a family person. I would like to request you and your Cabinet not to allow this crop to be cultivated in India. I would like to get your response within 10 days in spite of your busy schedule. Meantime I will also be interacting with hundreds of mothers in the school of my child.

Respectfully yours

Jyotirmayee Sarangi

Bhubaneswar

Orissa

Email: jyotishristi

 

 

CC: Mrs. Sonia Gandhi

Chairperson – UPA

10 janpath,new Delhi

Email: 10 janpath@vsnl,nnet

 

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