NEW REPORT from Brazil’s National Cancer Institute names GMO crops as the cause for skyrocketing agrichemical usage. Agrichemical sales increased from USD 2 billion in 2001 to 8.5 billion in 2011. The report blames the cultivation of genetically modified seeds for requiring the use of large quantities of pesticides. “Already chronic poisoning may affect the whole population, as this is due to multiple exposures to pesticides, that is, the presence of pesticide residues in food and the environment, usually at low doses. Adverse effects of chronic exposure to pesticides may appear long after the exposure, and so are difficult to correlate with the agent. Among the effects that can be associated with chronic exposure to pesticide active ingredients are infertility, impotence, abortions, malformations, neurotoxicity, hormonal disruption, effects on the immune system, and cancer.”
http://www.gmwatch.org/index.php/news/archive/2015-articles/16067-brazil-s-national-cancer-institute-names-gm-crops-as-cause-of-massive-pesticide-use
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