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GM Bt brinjal (eggplant) is being illegally cultivated in India

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Published: 26 April 2019
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It poses a biohazard and must be treated seriously, say activists

This tragedy – if confirmed – was always likely to happen. The ag biotech industry and its supporting lobby has a long and disgraceful history of spreading its wares via illegal smuggling and deliberate contamination, in cases when governments resist voluntarily introducing GMOs. This happened with GM Bt cotton in India and with GM soy in Brazil.

The risk to India from GM Bt brinjal increased when its neighbour country Bangladesh succumbed to biotech lobby hype and agreed to spread GM brinjal among its farmers.

The only way to prevent such irreversible contamination events is for all countries to stand firm against the genetic engineering of their food crops.
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"Genetically modified brinjal illegally cultivated in Haryana"

Priscilla Jebaraj
The Hindu, 26 Apr 2019
https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/energy-and-environment/genetically-modified-brinjal-illegally-cultivated-in-haryana/article26947327.ece

* It poses biohazard and must be treated seriously, say activists

Genetically modified (GM) brinjal is being illegally grown in the Fatehabad district of Haryana, according to anti-GM activists. On Thursday, they demanded that the Central and the State regulatory agencies immediately take action to stop the cultivation, investigate the spread of the illegal variety and destroy all such crops, seeds and saplings as dangerous biohazards are entering the food chain.

Punitive action must be taken against the seed suppliers and the company which developed the GM variety, said the activists warning against a repeat of earlier episodes of illegal spread of GM cotton and soyabean.

Brinjal has been genetically modified by inserting a protein gene from the soil bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis to give protection against certain pests. The result is Bt brinjal, which was developed in India by Maharashtra-based seed company Mahyco.

It was on the verge of becoming India’s first GM food crop, when the Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC) cleared it for commercialisation in 2009, before doubts about the long-term impact on consumer health and plant biodiversity led then-Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh to slap an indefinite moratorium on the crop.

When asked about the reports of illegal cultivation of Bt Brinjal in Haryana, a Mahyco spokesperson said the company could not respond until Friday.

“This is a biohazard contamination, and must be treated seriously,” said Rajinder Chaudhary, an activist with the Kudarti Kheti Abhiyan in Haryana.

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