Stop Bt Brinjal 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. Your email address will

not be displayed in the petition.

===============================================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.

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