Damage Caused by GM Crops in Latin America Makes Case for Their Exclusion in Mexico Angelica Enciso L. - La Jornada
go to original July 15, 2013

Argentinians have said no to what they call Monsanto´s "deadly" business in Latin America. [PressTVGlobalNews] (Stevia Lov)

Since cultivation of transgenic crops was introduced seventeen years ago, the promise that they were going to reduce the use of pesticides was not met. What happened instead was an "exponential increase in the use of pesticides in countries that have adopted the technology", said thirty organizations belonging to the Network for a GMO-Free [genetically modified organisms] Latin American.

They also rejected the intention of the companies to cultivate 3 million hectares [7.4 million acres] of transgenic corn in Mexico, which they considered to be "an unprecedented event in the history of agriculture, since it would be the first time that devastation of such magnitude might occur in one of the centers of origin [maize, corn] and for a crop that feeds humanity".

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