It was officially announced by the government of India On February 9, 2010 that it wants some more time to release Bt brinjal. BT Brinjal has been in center stage of controversy. A traditional crop in India, Brinjal is now the subject of a raging debate on genetically modified food. India is one of the world's largest brinjal producers after china.
Maharashtra Hybrid Seeds Company (M/s Mahyco) has developed Bt Brinjal in India.GM Brinjal has not been released yet For an advanced stage of field trials in open conditions anywhere in the world.
The main causes of BT Brinjal Controversy are mixed views on BT brinjal.The safety concerns are attached with the BT brinjal, after the failure of genetically modified cotton seeds.After BT Brinjal Controversy, BT brinjal is banned in India. There are many potential health hazards in foods bio-engineered in this manner according to several studies on Bt crops in
particular and GM crops in general.
A current study from Madhya Pradesh in India shows undesirable human health impacts in farm and factory workers with allergies caused by Bt Cotton, through Bt crops. There was also reported Itching skin, eruptions on the body, swollen faces etc, correlated with levels of exposure to Bt Cotton.
Supporters of Bt-brinjal say that the presence of the bacterial toxin in the crop will help save it from the fruit and shoot borer pest, which destroys substantial chunks of produce, and allow farmers to reduce the use of pesticides drastically. But what the same toxin can do to human health is untested and unknown.
what is most important to the consumer is that there is no labeling regime in India for GM foods. This means that Bt-brinjal, once released into local markets, will be indistinguishable from ordinary varieties. How are we ever going to know?? and this the same case with several other edible crops that are now in various stages of genetic modification waiting to follow the same route to the dining table!!!!
Maharashtra Hybrid Seeds Company (M/s Mahyco) has developed Bt Brinjal in India.GM Brinjal has not been released yet For an advanced stage of field trials in open conditions anywhere in the world.
The main causes of BT Brinjal Controversy are mixed views on BT brinjal.The safety concerns are attached with the BT brinjal, after the failure of genetically modified cotton seeds.After BT Brinjal Controversy, BT brinjal is banned in India. There are many potential health hazards in foods bio-engineered in this manner according to several studies on Bt crops in
particular and GM crops in general.
A current study from Madhya Pradesh in India shows undesirable human health impacts in farm and factory workers with allergies caused by Bt Cotton, through Bt crops. There was also reported Itching skin, eruptions on the body, swollen faces etc, correlated with levels of exposure to Bt Cotton.
Supporters of Bt-brinjal say that the presence of the bacterial toxin in the crop will help save it from the fruit and shoot borer pest, which destroys substantial chunks of produce, and allow farmers to reduce the use of pesticides drastically. But what the same toxin can do to human health is untested and unknown.
what is most important to the consumer is that there is no labeling regime in India for GM foods. This means that Bt-brinjal, once released into local markets, will be indistinguishable from ordinary varieties. How are we ever going to know?? and this the same case with several other edible crops that are now in various stages of genetic modification waiting to follow the same route to the dining table!!!!
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