BT Allergy in North India Crying Out for Attention
ISIS Press Release 28/01/08
Dr. Sudhir Kumar Kaura’s impassioned plea
As follow up to your articles More Illnesses Linked to Bt Crops, and Mass Deaths in Sheep Grazing on Bt Cotton (SiS 30) describing health problems associated with genetically modified (GM) Bt cotton in India, I draw your attention to further symptoms of allergy reported this year in Sadalpur Village near Hisar in Haryana State, India. Farmers say skin itching is very common and even buffaloes and dogs are affected.
The itching started to appear during the Bt cotton season this year. The village Ayurvedic Hospital Compounder says that on average, 10 cases of skin allergy/itching symptoms in humans come to the hospital every day, and there is an increasing trend over the past three or so years. Even cotton factory workers in the area are complaining of an itching problem. Itching is observed mainly on the skin and in reproductive organs.
Animals are also affected. On average, 5-10 cases of skin allergy/itching in buffaloes are presented at the village veterinary hospital daily.
Thousands of sheep have died in Andhra Pradesh in past years, but there is still no real action on the part of Indian Government. Even the local and national media are not paying any attention to this problem. We have asked the local and national TV channels and newspapers to investigate into the problem caused by Bt cotton in humans and animals.
Read the rest of this article here http://www.i-sis.org.uk/BTAllergyNorthIndia.php
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Bt+allergy
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Bt+cotton
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=BT+crops
Dr. Sudhir Kumar Kaura’s impassioned plea
As follow up to your articles More Illnesses Linked to Bt Crops, and Mass Deaths in Sheep Grazing on Bt Cotton (SiS 30) describing health problems associated with genetically modified (GM) Bt cotton in India, I draw your attention to further symptoms of allergy reported this year in Sadalpur Village near Hisar in Haryana State, India. Farmers say skin itching is very common and even buffaloes and dogs are affected.
The itching started to appear during the Bt cotton season this year. The village Ayurvedic Hospital Compounder says that on average, 10 cases of skin allergy/itching symptoms in humans come to the hospital every day, and there is an increasing trend over the past three or so years. Even cotton factory workers in the area are complaining of an itching problem. Itching is observed mainly on the skin and in reproductive organs.
Animals are also affected. On average, 5-10 cases of skin allergy/itching in buffaloes are presented at the village veterinary hospital daily.
Thousands of sheep have died in Andhra Pradesh in past years, but there is still no real action on the part of Indian Government. Even the local and national media are not paying any attention to this problem. We have asked the local and national TV channels and newspapers to investigate into the problem caused by Bt cotton in humans and animals.
Read the rest of this article here http://www.i-sis.org.uk/BTAllergyNorthIndia.php
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Bt+allergy
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Bt+cotton
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=BT+crops
rudkla - 28. Jan, 17:03
