Belated happy World Food day! No celebration is complete without good food. This World Food day we celebrated the safety of our food.
Efforts are on to genetically modify our food crops by inserting alien genes from bacteria, viruses etc. which are potentially dangerous for our health and environment. Instead of safeguarding our health, the government is coming up with the Biotechnology Regulatory Authority of India (BRAI) bill, to ease the entry of these genetically-modified (GM) crops into our country.[1]
Over one lakh people have already shown their opposition to this bill, which was represented by the World Record making baingan bharta, in Delhi last month.[2] The bill can be come up anytime in the next Parliament session. We need to strengthen the opposition to this bill to keep our food safe.
You should add your signature to the petition asking the Prime Minister to stop the BRAI bill because it threatens our food safety.
https://www.greenpeace.in/take-
Public opposition helped get a moratorium on GM Bt brinjal last year.[3] We can do this again. Lakhs of people opposing the BRAI bill will help put pressure on the PM to act.
If created, BRAI will become the sole approver of GM crops in the country. The body cannot be questioned under the Right to Information act, so we’ll never find out what goes in our food.
There are 74 GM crops under various stages of research and the BRAI will ease their passage. Show your opposition to the BRAI bill now.
https://www.greenpeace.in/take-
Thanks a billion!
