The US looks set to approve GM crops that resist the 'Agent Orange' pesticide 2,4-D as well as glyphosate, writes Helena Paul. If it does, the toxic chemical - created in WW2 to destroy enemy food supplies - will soon end up in animal feeds, and the food we eat.
… agriculture, synthetic fertilisers and pesticides (both herbicides and insecticides) … 2,4-D by Testbiotech, Genewatch UK and Pesticides Action Network (PAN) Europe, …
The unfolding human and ecological disaster of GM agriculture in the Americas must send the EU a powerful message, writes Helena Paul. We don't want it here, and we should stop buying the products of GM-driven genocide and ecocide abroad.
… were promoted as a means to reduce levels of pesticides used, pesticide use in Argentina … and strictly linked to systemic sprayings of pesticides. "For example, Dr. Rodolfo Páramo, …
Advocates claim that synthetic biology and the so-called New Breeding Techniques (NBTs) are distinct from genetic engineering (GE), write Helena Paul, Elisabeth Bücking & Ricarda Steinbrecher. In fact synthetic biology and NBTs carry similar risks to old-style GE, and even create novel hazards. The 'new GE' techniques - as they should be named - and their products deserve regulation at least as strict as those applying to GMOs.
… GM crops), requiring ever more pesticides; and the development of … multiple spraying of toxins (herbicides and pesticides), eg Argentina. [ 8 ] Now we need …
‘Climate Smart Agriculture' can be applied to anything from industrial monocultures to agroecology, writes Helena Paul - and fertiliser, biotech and agribusiness corporations are seizing the chance to cash in. Now COP21 host France is proposing to use soils as a giant carbon sink - a fine idea in itself, but not if it's used to 'offset' continued fossil fuel emissions, and to greenwash industrial agriculture.
… with high inputs of fertiliser and pesticides, and agroecological approaches …