Pesticides

The War of the Multinationals and the failure of GMOs in Agriculture

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Do you remember when GM crop promoters ensured that the spread of engineered crops would eliminate the use of pesticides? A decade has passed and now we learn, from the gigantic struggle underway to conquer the Chinese market of transgenic soya, that things have not really gone so… GMOs don’t work against weeds The news … continua a leggere

Persistence of pesticides threatens European soils

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New evidences on persistence of pesticides found out by a Spanish University Research Pesticides residues: an hidden reality The use of phytosanitary products to combat weeds and other pests that affect the crops has led to an increase in the productivity of European agricultural crops in the last 50 years. Their use has been one … continua a leggere