(NaturalNews) In India, eggplant is known as brinjal. Its the same fruit. Monsanto, through associates and subsidiaries, offered free Bt brinjal saplings to poor farmers as an open experiment to gain more GMO acceptance in South and Southeast Asia. Seems this field test backfired. Bt genetic technology claims to provides crop plants the ability to produce their own insecticide, purportedly to lessen farmers need for extensive pesticide spraying. Independent testing has discovered that Bt (Bacillus thuringiensis) proteins adversely affect the soil, friendly insects and pollinators, and endanger animals and humans, because the Bt Cry (crystalline protein bodies) toxins are not denatured in the gut as previously assumed and promoted. [1] ... So now theyre demanding compensation for their crop failure, and they are also urging other farmers to avoid Bt crops entirely. Despite efforts by BARI to gag their complaints to the media, a press conference was held to allow those farmers a chance to articulate their grievances. The press conference was organized by Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association, Unnayan Bikalper Nitinirdharoni Gobeshona (UBINIG), Consumers Association of Bangladesh, Bangladesh Organic Product Manufacturers Association, Bangladesh Fruits, Vegetables and Allied Products Exporters Association and seven other organizations. [4] Opinion: So why dont anti-GMO activists start organizing American farmers who have suffered from Monsantos dirty tactics that are legally tolerated? We need to unite with disgruntled commercial farmers and struggling small farm organic producers. Theyre the ones who plant and harvest our food, not retail outlets. Petitions to Obama, the USDA and EPA are toilet paper with signatures. Monsantos lawyers and former executives are ensconced within key regulatory positions in this government. Biotech industries even sue local and state governments to overturn restrictions on their foul version of science based agriculture, which continues to worsen already toxic, nutritionally depleted Big Ag monoculture farming. Learn more: naturalnews/046758_GM_eggplant_Bangladesh_Monsanto.html#ixzz3CblBzD00 Fair Food Brisbane
Posted on: Sun, 07 Sep 2014 06:20:34 +0000
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