Genetically modified foods

India has been blessed with natural herbs and fine quality of native food crops. God has given us a great variety of plants of our own. We need not create new species of our own. GM foods are not sustainable politically speaking; they pose environmental threats and they are not healthy scientifically speaking. Owning "seed" rights is just not logical. If you use a particular seed you have to pay to the owner of the "genes" and this is not a good practice. Once you have created a new plant, it should be shared free of cost. The Indo-US Agriculture Knowledge initiative is pushing in the genetically modified foods into India. Just to maintain ties with them, we cannot adopt these foods. Today ninety percent of cotton seeds are owned by "monsanto", a foreign firm. Farmers have to pay for these seeds. The genetically modified plant of cotton will give infertile seeds, so farmers have to buy seeds at exorbitant prices.The genetically modified foods kill off the beneficial bacteria in our stomachs. When we know that it is unhealthy, then we should not allow it. It has been found that genetically modified foods cause lesions in the stomach of the person who has eaten it. Rats are used for testing genetically modified foods but they do not have a long life, so long term effects cannot be measured or tested for. Disease like cancer occur when people who consume  genetically modified foods over a long period of time. Realizing this, bt brinjal was banned in 2010. But field trials for twenty plants have been approved, so that they can be brought to the market.They are rice, tomato, groundnut, potato, corn, sorghum, okra, mustard, wheat, watermelon, papaya, sugarcane, rubber, caster, banana. The soil which is used to grow genetically modified plants becomes infertile as beneficial bacteria in it are killed. This causes ecological damages. The biodiversity of our native plants is threatened by the "super species" of plants--genetically modified plants or monster plants. These plants will dominate and our native species of rice,which was hardy and nutritious will be gone; soon native plants will disappear when these dominant species arrive. When God has created invaluable herbs for healing and healthy foods for a good diet, why go for genetically modified plant species?