DELHI, INDIA, December 6, 2001: Following the illegal sale of genetically modified cotton seed in India, the government has now said it will soon allow the cotton crops to be sold commercially for the first time. The government has been studying the GM cotton for over a year. It is resistant to the bollworm, which causes considerable damage to India’s cotton crop each year. HPI adds: This report does not say whether the government will enforce the rules set up for this cotton in the USA. There, the Environmental Protection Agency requires farmers to plant a certain percentage of non-GM cotton along with every GM crop, to ensure that the bollworm does not quickly develop immunity to the built-in pesticide of the GM cotton.
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