With the proposed connection between the Zika virus and Brazil's outbreak of microcephaly in new born babies looking increasingly tenuous, Latin American doctors are proposing another possible cause: Pyriproxyfen, a pesticide used in Brazil since 2014 to arrest the development of mosquito larvae in drinking water tanks. Might the 'cure' in fact be the poison?
… Argentine and Brazilian doctors suspect mosquito insecticide … 2016 News Health Toxics Pesticides Argentina Brazil water-tank-brazil-cut.jpg With the proposed connection …
Those who dare suggest that pesticides might be implicated in Brazil's microcephaly outbreak are being furiously attacked as irrational, nonsense-spouting 'conspiracy theorists', writes Claire Robinson. But the attackers have an uncanny ability to get their own facts in a twist. And among them are writers linked to industries with huge economic interests in the matter.
… Health Toxics GMOs Corporations Regulation Brazil Argentina Science insecticide-cut.jpg … that pesticides might be implicated in Brazil's microcephaly outbreak are being … in the Crop-Sprayed Towns , and the Brazilian public health researchers' group …
Sir Nicholas Stern was asked to find out what way of averting climate change was economically feasible. A loaded question that has allowed him to find a perverse solution to a fatal problem.
… for China to take the lead. Or India. Or Brazil. America even. Why should China and … is so palpably resistant to change? Brazil is entering a period of prosperity that …
Investment analysts say Oxitec's GM mosquito technology 'won't work, is way too expensive, and is many years from generating even minuscule revenue', writes Claire Robinson. As shares in its owner, Intrexon, slump, three law firms have announced they are investigating.
… worse rather than better: "A village in Brazil where the mosquitoes were being tested …
Monsanto has acquired a commanding role in the biotech, seed and agro-chemical industries, writes Carmelo Ruiz. So why is the company desperate to merge with its rival Syngenta? The truth is the company is in deep trouble, as its top-selling Roundup herbicide runs out of steam, and its rivals combine to challenge its dominance.
… crops, including Australia, Brazil and Argentina. Blanketing crops year …
GMO promoters enthuse about how GM crops will be able to help the poor and hungry, far in the future, writes Claire Robinson. But they are silent about the currently-planted GM crops - 99% of them herbicide-tolerant or insecticidal. Could it be because opponents of the technology are being proved right at every turn?
… that over 80% of GM crops are grown with. In Brazil, after the WHO's classification of …