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Greenpeace Report Says Unsafe GM Food Poised to Explode in India
Others who made strong public statements against GM food included Dr. Mira Shiva, Initiative for Health and Equity and Society and Mr.Bejon Misra, Consumer Voice.
"Studies from across the globe have shown that GM food has caused a series of health problems including adverse effects on growth, impaired immune system, and organ damage that can be carried over generations" stated Dr. Mira Shiva.
Alarmed by the growing, uncontrolled and yet highly glamorized role of genetic engineering in India, the report brings to light various facts not been publicized earlier in spite of the advanced level of field testing and commercialization of GM food crops. The report has been compiled by the combined effort of Health professionals as well as civil society organizations highlights the pertinent danger that inadequately tested GM could pose to consumer health, agriculture, environment, and even revenues earned from food exports.
According to the report, GE food research has increased by almost 250% since 2005. After brinjal, which is in the last stage of approvals without its safety independently verified, there are 25 kinds of rice varieties and 23 kinds of tomato and many kinds of groundnut, pigeon pea, potato, mustard, sugarcane, cowpea and soy in the line of approvals. Even trees and traditional Ayurvedic medicinal herbs have not been spared and are being subject to genetic engineering.
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