You might be sitting across your dining table, savouring a dish of Brinjal, but how would you know where your Brinjals are coming from? Since BT Brinjal, the genetically modified seeds from Monsanto, have been given the go-ahead in Bangladesh, you might probably think twice before you buy the bright purple Brinjal, unless of course they come with a label of GM (genetically modified).
In India, amidst various protests, former environment minister Jairam Ramesh declared an indefinite moratorium on introducing BT Brinjals in 2009. The move came despite a go-ahead from the Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC).
Declaring the ban also came along with a thought: when there is not enough support to prove the long term impact of BT Brinjal, how can we introduce it?
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