Eggplant!

Have you ever wondered how they genetically modify vegetables? If it is really safe to the people or creatures consuming them? Are they grown in safe conditions? And a lot of other questions. I was so surprised when i found out that brinjal is one of the vegetables that is genetically modified!
It goes by quite a common name, Eggplant or Aubergine. It is genetically modified by inserting a crystal protein gene from the soil bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis into the genome of various brinjal cultivars.

As with any other development in this world, there have been controversies about genetically modifying brinjal too.
Scientists feel that when brinjal is genetically modified, it requires  huge amounts of pesticides which will end up contaminating the soil. On the other hand, research has proved that growing bt brinjal has led to a 42 percent reduction in the amount of pesticide spray. It is also prospected to be a really valuable asset to increasing the economy of the country as our country is mainly thriving on crop production and it has also proven to increase the economy significantly.
Another controversy arose when the rats that fed on the genetically modified brinjal were seriously injured. Researchers argued that the bt brinjal is very injurious to the health of the farmers growing them as well as the people consuming them. But this is still a controversy and no such thing has been proven in reality.
Another gameplay that adds fuel to the fire is that some scientists are involved in producing their own variety of brinjal. so naturally these scientists will not support or authorize the growing of bt brinjal. so, some researchers claim that the scientist give wrong information which lead to controversies and that bt brinjal is very safe and has only added to the economy of the country.
Amidst the controversies that surround the growing of bt brinjal, it is still being genetically modified and people are actually buying it and has proven to be a good step to have been taken indeed. The issues involving brinjal are so important to be solved because brinjal was one of the first crops to be genetically modified and now many crops are finding their way behind it.
As it is said, a role model should be a role model indeed!