India Bans GMO Seeds To Protect Health Of Citizens
India has banned companies such as Monsanto from conducting GMO seed trials on their land, saying that the risks to public health and the environment are too high. Bihar’s Agriculture Minister, Narendra Kumar Singh, confirmed that India’s food supply will be protected from GMO companies growing genetically modified corn on Indian land and assured the public that seeds will be protected from contamination from genetic material drift. Naturalnews.com reports: His speech was given at the 2014 Seed Festival at the A N Sinha Institute of Social Studies.