Stopping genetic junk Never in the past have crops, cultivated
by us, had to undergo such scrutiny. But the scrutiny is
required especially in the case of genetically engineered [GE]
or genetically modified [GM] crops. GE crops are organisms
created artificially in labs through a process known as
recombinant DNA technology. The unpredictability and
irreversibility of GE have raised a lot of questions about this
technology. Moreover, studies have found that GE crops harm the
environment and have a potential to risk human health. All this
has resulted in a controversy across the world about the need to
introduce this dangerous technology. Greenpeace in India and in
several other countries entered the agriculture scenario with
the campaign against the environmental release of GE or GM
organisms. GE crops represent everything that is wrong with our
agriculture. They perpetuate the destruction of our biodiversity
and the increasing control of corporations over our food and
farming. The anti GE campaign has contrib