"And Punjab is not
alone in experiencing this ecological and social disaster. Last year I was in Warangal, Andhra Pradesh,
where farmers have also been committing suicide. Farmers who traditionally grew
pulses and millets and paddy have been lured by seed companies to buy hybrid
cotton seeds referred to as "white gold , which were supposed to make them
millionaires. Instead they became paupers."[8]
In India as well as in China it has been proven that the unscrupulous promises of Monsanto that Bt cotton (genetically engineered cotton) would produce a far higher yield and prove less costly in terms of herbicide and fertilizer required have been the exact opposite of what was promised. Bt cotton increases irrigation and water requirements where biological cotton would thrive without added irrigation. Thus the yield of Bt cotton has been far inferior to that of biological cotton and the costs of production significantly higher.[9]
Disastrous health problems caused by GMO products
In spite of the reassurances from Monsanto and its own lawyers and scientists that GMO cultures and Roundup herbicide are not health hazardous, it has been proven in their own research that rats have developed different forms of tumors and other health problems. However, instead of pushing the research further, they put a complete stop to it.
"As farmers know there is a cancer epidemic in America's heartland " partly resulting from exposure to chemicals like Roundup, and partly from ingesting contaminated food and drinking water."
(Economic, health & environmental impacts of Roundup-type chemical and Roundup Ready soybeans)
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