In the last 20 years, agrochemical spraying has increased - TopicsExpress



          

In the last 20 years, agrochemical spraying has increased eightfold in Argentina--from 9 million gallons in 1990 to 84 million gallons today. Glyphosate, the key ingredient in Monsanto’s Round Up products, is used roughly eight to ten times more per acre than in the United States. Yet Argentina doesn’t apply national standards for farm chemicals, leaving rule-making to the provinces and enforcement to the municipalities. The result is a hodgepodge of widely ignored regulations that leave people dangerously exposed. Birth defects quadrupled in the decade after biotechnology dramatically expanded farming in Argentina. House-to-house surveys of 65,000 people in farming communities found cancer rates two to four times higher than the national average, as well as higher rates of hypothyroidism and chronic respiratory illnesses.
Posted on: Fri, 02 Jan 2015 00:43:41 +0000

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