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CW: Bad news: pesticides. But an very good approach to calculate ecological toxicity
RE: https://eupolicy.social/@Akshay/116192439506710815
"To determine global pesticide risk, the study researchers looked at data on pesticide use from 2013 to 2019 in 65 nations that collectively represent nearly 80% of global crop acreage. They then combined these statistics with data on the toxicity of 625 pesticides for eight different species groups, including aquatic invertebrates and plants, fish, pollinating insects, soil organisms, and terrestrial arthropods, plants and vertebrates."
This TAT [total applied toxicity] is a very good approach to measure ecotoxicity. This is very important since the often used "tons of pesticides applied" is quite useless when we are talking about substances with highly varying toxicity. 👌
Of many pesticides, we do not really know the toxicity, or there is a lack of scientific consensus because the agrochemical corporations play dirty and have an army of paid pseudo-scientists. Additionally, toxicological studies focus mainly on acute toxicity on humans and not on long-term adverse health effects or the effects of combinations of different pollutants. And the toxicity for ecosystem functions is seldom even considered.
May this TAT help us to not underestimate toxicity so much.@mongabay 🌱
@Akshay :ecoanarchism_heart:
#Toxicology #Ecotoxicology #Microbiology #Agriculture #AgriBusiness #Bayer #Monsanto #Pioneer #Syngenta #Pesticides #SoilBiology #Glyphosate -
CW: Bad news: pesticides. But an very good approach to calculate ecological toxicity
RE: https://eupolicy.social/@Akshay/116192439506710815
"To determine global pesticide risk, the study researchers looked at data on pesticide use from 2013 to 2019 in 65 nations that collectively represent nearly 80% of global crop acreage. They then combined these statistics with data on the toxicity of 625 pesticides for eight different species groups, including aquatic invertebrates and plants, fish, pollinating insects, soil organisms, and terrestrial arthropods, plants and vertebrates."
This TAT [total applied toxicity] is a very good approach to measure ecotoxicity. This is very important since the often used "tons of pesticides applied" is quite useless when we are talking about substances with highly varying toxicity. 👌
Of many pesticides, we do not really know the toxicity, or there is a lack of scientific consensus because the agrochemical corporations play dirty and have an army of paid pseudo-scientists. Additionally, toxicological studies focus mainly on acute toxicity on humans and not on long-term adverse health effects or the effects of combinations of different pollutants. And the toxicity for ecosystem functions is seldom even considered.
May this TAT help us to not underestimate toxicity so much.@mongabay 🌱
@Akshay :ecoanarchism_heart:
#Toxicology #Ecotoxicology #Microbiology #Agriculture #AgriBusiness #Bayer #Monsanto #Pioneer #Syngenta #Pesticides #SoilBiology #Glyphosate -
CW: Bad news: pesticides. But an very good approach to calculate ecological toxicity
RE: https://eupolicy.social/@Akshay/116192439506710815
"To determine global pesticide risk, the study researchers looked at data on pesticide use from 2013 to 2019 in 65 nations that collectively represent nearly 80% of global crop acreage. They then combined these statistics with data on the toxicity of 625 pesticides for eight different species groups, including aquatic invertebrates and plants, fish, pollinating insects, soil organisms, and terrestrial arthropods, plants and vertebrates."
This TAT [total applied toxicity] is a very good approach to measure ecotoxicity. This is very important since the often used "tons of pesticides applied" is quite useless when we are talking about substances with highly varying toxicity. 👌
Of many pesticides, we do not really know the toxicity, or there is a lack of scientific consensus because the agrochemical corporations play dirty and have an army of paid pseudo-scientists. Additionally, toxicological studies focus mainly on acute toxicity on humans and not on long-term adverse health effects or the effects of combinations of different pollutants. And the toxicity for ecosystem functions is seldom even considered.
May this TAT help us to not underestimate toxicity so much.@mongabay 🌱
@Akshay :ecoanarchism_heart:
#Toxicology #Ecotoxicology #Microbiology #Agriculture #AgriBusiness #Bayer #Monsanto #Pioneer #Syngenta #Pesticides #SoilBiology #Glyphosate -
CW: Bad news: pesticides. But an very good approach to calculate ecological toxicity
RE: https://eupolicy.social/@Akshay/116192439506710815
"To determine global pesticide risk, the study researchers looked at data on pesticide use from 2013 to 2019 in 65 nations that collectively represent nearly 80% of global crop acreage. They then combined these statistics with data on the toxicity of 625 pesticides for eight different species groups, including aquatic invertebrates and plants, fish, pollinating insects, soil organisms, and terrestrial arthropods, plants and vertebrates."
This TAT [total applied toxicity] is a very good approach to measure ecotoxicity. This is very important since the often used "tons of pesticides applied" is quite useless when we are talking about substances with highly varying toxicity. 👌
Of many pesticides, we do not really know the toxicity, or there is a lack of scientific consensus because the agrochemical corporations play dirty and have an army of paid pseudo-scientists. Additionally, toxicological studies focus mainly on acute toxicity on humans and not on long-term adverse health effects or the effects of combinations of different pollutants. And the toxicity for ecosystem functions is seldom even considered.
May this TAT help us to not underestimate toxicity so much.@mongabay 🌱
@Akshay :ecoanarchism_heart:
#Toxicology #Ecotoxicology #Microbiology #Agriculture #AgriBusiness #Bayer #Monsanto #Pioneer #Syngenta #Pesticides #SoilBiology #Glyphosate -
CW: Bad news: pesticides. But an very good approach to calculate ecological toxicity
RE: https://eupolicy.social/@Akshay/116192439506710815
"To determine global pesticide risk, the study researchers looked at data on pesticide use from 2013 to 2019 in 65 nations that collectively represent nearly 80% of global crop acreage. They then combined these statistics with data on the toxicity of 625 pesticides for eight different species groups, including aquatic invertebrates and plants, fish, pollinating insects, soil organisms, and terrestrial arthropods, plants and vertebrates."
This TAT [total applied toxicity] is a very good approach to measure ecotoxicity. This is very important since the often used "tons of pesticides applied" is quite useless when we are talking about substances with highly varying toxicity. 👌
Of many pesticides, we do not really know the toxicity, or there is a lack of scientific consensus because the agrochemical corporations play dirty and have an army of paid pseudo-scientists. Additionally, toxicological studies focus mainly on acute toxicity on humans and not on long-term adverse health effects or the effects of combinations of different pollutants. And the toxicity for ecosystem functions is seldom even considered.
May this TAT help us to not underestimate toxicity so much.@mongabay 🌱
@Akshay :ecoanarchism_heart:
#Toxicology #Ecotoxicology #Microbiology #Agriculture #AgriBusiness #Bayer #Monsanto #Pioneer #Syngenta #Pesticides #SoilBiology #Glyphosate -
Pesticide Company To Stop Producing Weed Killer Linked to Parkinson’s Disease
Syngenta is facing several thousand lawsuits from people who say they developed Parkinson’s after exposure to paraquat. -
Gentechnisch veränderte Lebensmittel
https://venera.social/display/85a863ed-1369-99dd-d379-32a352066701
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As far back as 1975 corporate insiders were aware of potential risks. They called #paraquat’s long-term effects "a quite terrible problem” (Nov 11, 1975 ltr to #Chevron Environmental Health, Standard Oil of California).
Over 70 countries banned paraquat; it remains legal in US. #EnvironmentalProtectionAgency banned use on #golf courses but allows on crops.
Most US paraquat comes from China & UK—both banned paraquat’s use in their countries.
—From #TheNewLede, Environmental Working Group vid
https://thenewlede.substack.com/p/watch-parkinsons-and-pesticides-insideHard to know full scope of paraquat use across US; California is only state where info on location & amt of use is readily available.— https://www.ewg.org/research/wonderful-company-among-californias-top-users-toxic-weedkiller-paraquat
In 2023 it was 46th most used pesticide in CA, 369,978 pounds applied.— https://www.cdpr.ca.gov/2024/12/30/department-of-pesticide-regulation-releases-preliminary-findings-from-review-of-environmental-and-human-health-studies-related-to-the-use-of-the-pesticide-paraquat/#CentralCoast workers&residents exposed to >300K kilograms 1992-2017. #MontereyCounty ranked as county in region with highest amt use— https://www.walkuplawoffice.com/central-coast-paraquat-lawsuit/
#Syngenta #Sinochem #Gramoxone #Ortho #OrthoPlus #agriculture #pesticides #Parkinsons -
As far back as 1975 corporate insiders were aware of potential risks. They called #paraquat’s long-term effects "a quite terrible problem” (Nov 11, 1975 ltr to #Chevron Environmental Health, Standard Oil of California).
Over 70 countries banned paraquat; it remains legal in US. #EnvironmentalProtectionAgency banned use on #golf courses but allows on crops.
Most US paraquat comes from China & UK—both banned paraquat’s use in their countries.
—From #TheNewLede, Environmental Working Group vid
https://thenewlede.substack.com/p/watch-parkinsons-and-pesticides-insideHard to know full scope of paraquat use across US; California is only state where info on location & amt of use is readily available.— https://www.ewg.org/research/wonderful-company-among-californias-top-users-toxic-weedkiller-paraquat
In 2023 it was 46th most used pesticide in CA, 369,978 pounds applied.— https://www.cdpr.ca.gov/2024/12/30/department-of-pesticide-regulation-releases-preliminary-findings-from-review-of-environmental-and-human-health-studies-related-to-the-use-of-the-pesticide-paraquat/#CentralCoast workers&residents exposed to >300K kilograms 1992-2017. #MontereyCounty ranked as county in region with highest amt use— https://www.walkuplawoffice.com/central-coast-paraquat-lawsuit/
#Syngenta #Sinochem #Gramoxone #Ortho #OrthoPlus #agriculture #pesticides #Parkinsons -
As far back as 1975 corporate insiders were aware of potential risks. They called #paraquat’s long-term effects "a quite terrible problem” (Nov 11, 1975 ltr to #Chevron Environmental Health, Standard Oil of California).
Over 70 countries banned paraquat; it remains legal in US. #EnvironmentalProtectionAgency banned use on #golf courses but allows on crops.
Most US paraquat comes from China & UK—both banned paraquat’s use in their countries.
—From #TheNewLede, Environmental Working Group vid
https://thenewlede.substack.com/p/watch-parkinsons-and-pesticides-insideHard to know full scope of paraquat use across US; California is only state where info on location & amt of use is readily available.— https://www.ewg.org/research/wonderful-company-among-californias-top-users-toxic-weedkiller-paraquat
In 2023 it was 46th most used pesticide in CA, 369,978 pounds applied.— https://www.cdpr.ca.gov/2024/12/30/department-of-pesticide-regulation-releases-preliminary-findings-from-review-of-environmental-and-human-health-studies-related-to-the-use-of-the-pesticide-paraquat/#CentralCoast workers&residents exposed to >300K kilograms 1992-2017. #MontereyCounty ranked as county in region with highest amt use— https://www.walkuplawoffice.com/central-coast-paraquat-lawsuit/
#Syngenta #Sinochem #Gramoxone #Ortho #OrthoPlus #agriculture #pesticides #Parkinsons -
As far back as 1975 corporate insiders were aware of potential risks. They called #paraquat’s long-term effects "a quite terrible problem” (Nov 11, 1975 ltr to #Chevron Environmental Health, Standard Oil of California).
Over 70 countries banned paraquat; it remains legal in US. #EnvironmentalProtectionAgency banned use on #golf courses but allows on crops.
Most US paraquat comes from China & UK—both banned paraquat’s use in their countries.
—From #TheNewLede, Environmental Working Group vid
https://thenewlede.substack.com/p/watch-parkinsons-and-pesticides-insideHard to know full scope of paraquat use across US; California is only state where info on location & amt of use is readily available.— https://www.ewg.org/research/wonderful-company-among-californias-top-users-toxic-weedkiller-paraquat
In 2023 it was 46th most used pesticide in CA, 369,978 pounds applied.— https://www.cdpr.ca.gov/2024/12/30/department-of-pesticide-regulation-releases-preliminary-findings-from-review-of-environmental-and-human-health-studies-related-to-the-use-of-the-pesticide-paraquat/#CentralCoast workers&residents exposed to >300K kilograms 1992-2017. #MontereyCounty ranked as county in region with highest amt use— https://www.walkuplawoffice.com/central-coast-paraquat-lawsuit/
#Syngenta #Sinochem #Gramoxone #Ortho #OrthoPlus #agriculture #pesticides #Parkinsons -
As far back as 1975 corporate insiders were aware of potential risks. They called #paraquat’s long-term effects "a quite terrible problem” (Nov 11, 1975 ltr to #Chevron Environmental Health, Standard Oil of California).
Over 70 countries banned paraquat; it remains legal in US. #EnvironmentalProtectionAgency banned use on #golf courses but allows on crops.
Most US paraquat comes from China & UK—both banned paraquat’s use in their countries.
—From #TheNewLede, Environmental Working Group vid
https://thenewlede.substack.com/p/watch-parkinsons-and-pesticides-insideHard to know full scope of paraquat use across US; California is only state where info on location & amt of use is readily available.— https://www.ewg.org/research/wonderful-company-among-californias-top-users-toxic-weedkiller-paraquat
In 2023 it was 46th most used pesticide in CA, 369,978 pounds applied.— https://www.cdpr.ca.gov/2024/12/30/department-of-pesticide-regulation-releases-preliminary-findings-from-review-of-environmental-and-human-health-studies-related-to-the-use-of-the-pesticide-paraquat/#CentralCoast workers&residents exposed to >300K kilograms 1992-2017. #MontereyCounty ranked as county in region with highest amt use— https://www.walkuplawoffice.com/central-coast-paraquat-lawsuit/
#Syngenta #Sinochem #Gramoxone #Ortho #OrthoPlus #agriculture #pesticides #Parkinsons -
Greenpeace feiert einen Erfolg: Sie gewinnen vor dem Bundesgericht gegen Syngenta wegen des Pestizids Tefluthrin. Die Auswirkungen des Mittels bleiben weiterhin umstritten. 🌱⚖️ #Umwelt #Pestizide #Greenpeace #Syngenta #Schweiz Mehr dazu: https://www.srf.ch/news/schweiz/pestizid-tefluthrin-greenpeace-gewinnt-gegen-syngenta-vor-bundesgericht
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« Le neurologue néerlandais #BasBloem est parti en guerre contre les #pesticides, grandement responsables selon lui de l’explosion des cas de #maladieDeParkinson. “Politico” lui consacre sa une. »
https://www.courrierinternational.com/une/le-neurologue-qui-dit-non-aux-pesticides-au-nom-des-malades-de-parkinson_229761
#agrochimie #Syngenta #paraquat #MPTP #agricultureIntensive #santé -
« Le neurologue néerlandais #BasBloem est parti en guerre contre les #pesticides, grandement responsables selon lui de l’explosion des cas de #maladieDeParkinson. “Politico” lui consacre sa une. »
https://www.courrierinternational.com/une/le-neurologue-qui-dit-non-aux-pesticides-au-nom-des-malades-de-parkinson_229761
#agrochimie #Syngenta #paraquat #MPTP #agricultureIntensive #santé -
« Le neurologue néerlandais #BasBloem est parti en guerre contre les #pesticides, grandement responsables selon lui de l’explosion des cas de #maladieDeParkinson. “Politico” lui consacre sa une. »
https://www.courrierinternational.com/une/le-neurologue-qui-dit-non-aux-pesticides-au-nom-des-malades-de-parkinson_229761
#agrochimie #Syngenta #paraquat #MPTP #agricultureIntensive #santé -
« Le neurologue néerlandais #BasBloem est parti en guerre contre les #pesticides, grandement responsables selon lui de l’explosion des cas de #maladieDeParkinson. “Politico” lui consacre sa une. »
https://www.courrierinternational.com/une/le-neurologue-qui-dit-non-aux-pesticides-au-nom-des-malades-de-parkinson_229761
#agrochimie #Syngenta #paraquat #MPTP #agricultureIntensive #santé -
« Le neurologue néerlandais #BasBloem est parti en guerre contre les #pesticides, grandement responsables selon lui de l’explosion des cas de #maladieDeParkinson. “Politico” lui consacre sa une. »
https://www.courrierinternational.com/une/le-neurologue-qui-dit-non-aux-pesticides-au-nom-des-malades-de-parkinson_229761
#agrochimie #Syngenta #paraquat #MPTP #agricultureIntensive #santé -
"#Paraquat is still manufactured in the #UK and #China, sprayed across farms in the US, #NZ and #Australia, and exported to parts of #Africa and #LatinAmerica — regions where Parkinson’s rates are now rising sharply.
"paraquat helped drive major profits for its maker, Swiss-based and Chinese-owned...#Syngenta [which in the US and Canada alone] faces thousands of lawsuits from people who say the chemical gave them Parkinson’s"
https://www.politico.eu/article/bas-bloem-parkinsons-pesticides-mptp-glyphosate-paraquat/
#parkinsons #farming #pesticide #usa #canada -
From 2010: #Navajo Commercial Farm Using #GeneticallyModified Seeds, Despite Global Protests
By #BrendaNorrell, #CensoredNews, June 16, 2010
"While #IndigenousPeoples protest #Monsanto’s genetically modified seeds around the world, the Navajo Nation’s commercial farm, #NavajoAgriculturalProductsIndustries, continues to use these seeds for commercial crops.
"Haitian farmers are now burning donated Monsanto seeds. In India, thousands of farmers committed suicide after switching from traditional seeds to genetically modified seeds. In Chiapas, Mayan farmers have refused to use the seeds which damaged heritage seed stock. Cross pollination from genetically modified seeds can endanger crops from ancient seed stock in the region.
"#Navajos have long planted century-old corn using traditional #DryFarming. Navajos relied on the stars to know when to plant and sometimes planted in spirals, according to Navajo elders in Rock Point, Arizona.
[...]
"However today the Navajo commercial farm boasts on its website that it plants genetic #HybridCorn seed purchased from '#PioneerSeed Company, #Syngenta Inc., and Monsanto companies." The commercial farm, NAPI, is located on the Navajo Nation near Farmington, N.M., and grows commercial food crops, including corn for potato chips, along with potatoes, wheat and other crops.
"Around the world, #Monsanto and genetically modified seeds have meant death for Indigenous Peoples and their crops."
[...]
"The area of northwest #NewMexico has been known as a 'US Sacrifice Area,' since the 1970s. It is the Navajo people who
have been sacrificed, by way of the US government working in collusion with #corporations and the elected Navajo Nation government.
"While #NAPI continues to use genetically modified seeds on its commercial farm, NAPI also has a #RaytheonMissile manufacturing plant located on the commercial farm where the crops are grown, a fact many would like kept secret. The fact that the Raytheon Missile factory is located on the Navajo farm was censored by Indian Country Today in 2006. At that time, Cuba was expressing interest in purchasing food products from NAPI and Indian Country Today editors demanded
that no research be done on Raytheon's missile plant at the farm or any possible pollutants discharged from Raytheon."Read more:
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2010/06/navajo-commercial-farm-using.html
#CorporateColonialism #GMOs #BigAg
#EndCapitalism #Colonialism #Decolonize #TraditionalFoods
#Capitalism #CulturalGenocide -
From 2010: #Navajo Commercial Farm Using #GeneticallyModified Seeds, Despite Global Protests
By #BrendaNorrell, #CensoredNews, June 16, 2010
"While #IndigenousPeoples protest #Monsanto’s genetically modified seeds around the world, the Navajo Nation’s commercial farm, #NavajoAgriculturalProductsIndustries, continues to use these seeds for commercial crops.
"Haitian farmers are now burning donated Monsanto seeds. In India, thousands of farmers committed suicide after switching from traditional seeds to genetically modified seeds. In Chiapas, Mayan farmers have refused to use the seeds which damaged heritage seed stock. Cross pollination from genetically modified seeds can endanger crops from ancient seed stock in the region.
"#Navajos have long planted century-old corn using traditional #DryFarming. Navajos relied on the stars to know when to plant and sometimes planted in spirals, according to Navajo elders in Rock Point, Arizona.
[...]
"However today the Navajo commercial farm boasts on its website that it plants genetic #HybridCorn seed purchased from '#PioneerSeed Company, #Syngenta Inc., and Monsanto companies." The commercial farm, NAPI, is located on the Navajo Nation near Farmington, N.M., and grows commercial food crops, including corn for potato chips, along with potatoes, wheat and other crops.
"Around the world, #Monsanto and genetically modified seeds have meant death for Indigenous Peoples and their crops."
[...]
"The area of northwest #NewMexico has been known as a 'US Sacrifice Area,' since the 1970s. It is the Navajo people who
have been sacrificed, by way of the US government working in collusion with #corporations and the elected Navajo Nation government.
"While #NAPI continues to use genetically modified seeds on its commercial farm, NAPI also has a #RaytheonMissile manufacturing plant located on the commercial farm where the crops are grown, a fact many would like kept secret. The fact that the Raytheon Missile factory is located on the Navajo farm was censored by Indian Country Today in 2006. At that time, Cuba was expressing interest in purchasing food products from NAPI and Indian Country Today editors demanded
that no research be done on Raytheon's missile plant at the farm or any possible pollutants discharged from Raytheon."Read more:
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2010/06/navajo-commercial-farm-using.html
#CorporateColonialism #GMOs #BigAg
#EndCapitalism #Colonialism #Decolonize #TraditionalFoods
#Capitalism #CulturalGenocide -
From 2010: #Navajo Commercial Farm Using #GeneticallyModified Seeds, Despite Global Protests
By #BrendaNorrell, #CensoredNews, June 16, 2010
"While #IndigenousPeoples protest #Monsanto’s genetically modified seeds around the world, the Navajo Nation’s commercial farm, #NavajoAgriculturalProductsIndustries, continues to use these seeds for commercial crops.
"Haitian farmers are now burning donated Monsanto seeds. In India, thousands of farmers committed suicide after switching from traditional seeds to genetically modified seeds. In Chiapas, Mayan farmers have refused to use the seeds which damaged heritage seed stock. Cross pollination from genetically modified seeds can endanger crops from ancient seed stock in the region.
"#Navajos have long planted century-old corn using traditional #DryFarming. Navajos relied on the stars to know when to plant and sometimes planted in spirals, according to Navajo elders in Rock Point, Arizona.
[...]
"However today the Navajo commercial farm boasts on its website that it plants genetic #HybridCorn seed purchased from '#PioneerSeed Company, #Syngenta Inc., and Monsanto companies." The commercial farm, NAPI, is located on the Navajo Nation near Farmington, N.M., and grows commercial food crops, including corn for potato chips, along with potatoes, wheat and other crops.
"Around the world, #Monsanto and genetically modified seeds have meant death for Indigenous Peoples and their crops."
[...]
"The area of northwest #NewMexico has been known as a 'US Sacrifice Area,' since the 1970s. It is the Navajo people who
have been sacrificed, by way of the US government working in collusion with #corporations and the elected Navajo Nation government.
"While #NAPI continues to use genetically modified seeds on its commercial farm, NAPI also has a #RaytheonMissile manufacturing plant located on the commercial farm where the crops are grown, a fact many would like kept secret. The fact that the Raytheon Missile factory is located on the Navajo farm was censored by Indian Country Today in 2006. At that time, Cuba was expressing interest in purchasing food products from NAPI and Indian Country Today editors demanded
that no research be done on Raytheon's missile plant at the farm or any possible pollutants discharged from Raytheon."Read more:
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2010/06/navajo-commercial-farm-using.html
#CorporateColonialism #GMOs #BigAg
#EndCapitalism #Colonialism #Decolonize #TraditionalFoods
#Capitalism #CulturalGenocide -
From 2010: #Navajo Commercial Farm Using #GeneticallyModified Seeds, Despite Global Protests
By #BrendaNorrell, #CensoredNews, June 16, 2010
"While #IndigenousPeoples protest #Monsanto’s genetically modified seeds around the world, the Navajo Nation’s commercial farm, #NavajoAgriculturalProductsIndustries, continues to use these seeds for commercial crops.
"Haitian farmers are now burning donated Monsanto seeds. In India, thousands of farmers committed suicide after switching from traditional seeds to genetically modified seeds. In Chiapas, Mayan farmers have refused to use the seeds which damaged heritage seed stock. Cross pollination from genetically modified seeds can endanger crops from ancient seed stock in the region.
"#Navajos have long planted century-old corn using traditional #DryFarming. Navajos relied on the stars to know when to plant and sometimes planted in spirals, according to Navajo elders in Rock Point, Arizona.
[...]
"However today the Navajo commercial farm boasts on its website that it plants genetic #HybridCorn seed purchased from '#PioneerSeed Company, #Syngenta Inc., and Monsanto companies." The commercial farm, NAPI, is located on the Navajo Nation near Farmington, N.M., and grows commercial food crops, including corn for potato chips, along with potatoes, wheat and other crops.
"Around the world, #Monsanto and genetically modified seeds have meant death for Indigenous Peoples and their crops."
[...]
"The area of northwest #NewMexico has been known as a 'US Sacrifice Area,' since the 1970s. It is the Navajo people who
have been sacrificed, by way of the US government working in collusion with #corporations and the elected Navajo Nation government.
"While #NAPI continues to use genetically modified seeds on its commercial farm, NAPI also has a #RaytheonMissile manufacturing plant located on the commercial farm where the crops are grown, a fact many would like kept secret. The fact that the Raytheon Missile factory is located on the Navajo farm was censored by Indian Country Today in 2006. At that time, Cuba was expressing interest in purchasing food products from NAPI and Indian Country Today editors demanded
that no research be done on Raytheon's missile plant at the farm or any possible pollutants discharged from Raytheon."Read more:
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2010/06/navajo-commercial-farm-using.html
#CorporateColonialism #GMOs #BigAg
#EndCapitalism #Colonialism #Decolonize #TraditionalFoods
#Capitalism #CulturalGenocide -
From 2010: #Navajo Commercial Farm Using #GeneticallyModified Seeds, Despite Global Protests
By #BrendaNorrell, #CensoredNews, June 16, 2010
"While #IndigenousPeoples protest #Monsanto’s genetically modified seeds around the world, the Navajo Nation’s commercial farm, #NavajoAgriculturalProductsIndustries, continues to use these seeds for commercial crops.
"Haitian farmers are now burning donated Monsanto seeds. In India, thousands of farmers committed suicide after switching from traditional seeds to genetically modified seeds. In Chiapas, Mayan farmers have refused to use the seeds which damaged heritage seed stock. Cross pollination from genetically modified seeds can endanger crops from ancient seed stock in the region.
"#Navajos have long planted century-old corn using traditional #DryFarming. Navajos relied on the stars to know when to plant and sometimes planted in spirals, according to Navajo elders in Rock Point, Arizona.
[...]
"However today the Navajo commercial farm boasts on its website that it plants genetic #HybridCorn seed purchased from '#PioneerSeed Company, #Syngenta Inc., and Monsanto companies." The commercial farm, NAPI, is located on the Navajo Nation near Farmington, N.M., and grows commercial food crops, including corn for potato chips, along with potatoes, wheat and other crops.
"Around the world, #Monsanto and genetically modified seeds have meant death for Indigenous Peoples and their crops."
[...]
"The area of northwest #NewMexico has been known as a 'US Sacrifice Area,' since the 1970s. It is the Navajo people who
have been sacrificed, by way of the US government working in collusion with #corporations and the elected Navajo Nation government.
"While #NAPI continues to use genetically modified seeds on its commercial farm, NAPI also has a #RaytheonMissile manufacturing plant located on the commercial farm where the crops are grown, a fact many would like kept secret. The fact that the Raytheon Missile factory is located on the Navajo farm was censored by Indian Country Today in 2006. At that time, Cuba was expressing interest in purchasing food products from NAPI and Indian Country Today editors demanded
that no research be done on Raytheon's missile plant at the farm or any possible pollutants discharged from Raytheon."Read more:
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2010/06/navajo-commercial-farm-using.html
#CorporateColonialism #GMOs #BigAg
#EndCapitalism #Colonialism #Decolonize #TraditionalFoods
#Capitalism #CulturalGenocide -
From Chapter 14 of #KleeBenally's book, #NoSpiritualSurrender - #IndigenousAnarchy, #InDefenseOfTheSacred:
"Although the #NavajoTribalCouncil established a mass scale farming initiative called '#NavajoAgriculturalProductsIndustry (#NAPI),' the farm has stated on its website that it plants genetic #HybridCorn seed purchased from '#PioneerSeedCompany, #Syngenta Inc., and #Monsanto companies.' In 2014, in an attempt to 'curb' the diabetes epidemic, the #NavajoNationCouncil created a law that raised the sales tax for cheap junk foods sold on Navajo Nation and another removing sales tax from fresh fruits and vegetables. Economic pressure on those already struggling while not addressing the root causes and environmental degradation is par for the course for the #colonial government and Navajo politicians.
"Instead of directly feeding ourselves and communities, we have become dependent on businesses and corporations that are more concerned with profits than our health and well-being. The #BoardingSchools were replete with capitalist indoctrination to forcibly assimilate #Diné children into colonial society. The curriculum was designed with a clear lesson: To feed our families we needed jobs. To have jobs we needed to be trained. To be trained we needed to obey. To not have a job means you’re poor. To employ other workers is to build wealth. To build wealth means success."
Page 302, KleeBenally, NoSpiritualSurrender.
#CorporateColonialism #FoodSecurity #FoodInsecurity #GMOs #BigAg #EndCapitalism #Colonialism #Decolonize #TraditionalFoods #Capitalism #CapitalismMustDie #CulturalGenocide
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https://filmfriend.de/en/movies/seed-the-untold-story
"Gorgeous #eco #documentary to save #seed #diversity. Few things on our planet are as precious and vital as seeds. [..] But this most precious of resources is under threat: more than 90 percent of all seed varieties have already disappeared. Biotech corporations like #Syngenta and #Bayer / #Monsanto have long controlled the global seed market with genetically modified plants. That is why more and more passionate farmers, scientists, lawyers and indigenous seed owners are fighting [..] for the future of variety diversity.
[..] #TaggartSiegel and #JonBetz follow these passionate seed guardians [..]. Without knowing it, they become true heroes for all #humanity as they reconnect us to the original richness of our culture"#movies #streaming #farbfernsehen #foodforest #permaculture #organic #gls #gmo #pesticides #Vandana_Shiva #VandanaShiva #AndrewKimbrell #JaneGoodall #indigenous #doku #sustainability #biodiversity #biodiversität #bücherei #library
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Shocking - but not surprising - example of 'regulatory capture' where industry (pesticides and GM crops in this case) does whatever it takes to co-opt the supposed regulating agencies - in this case US Dept of Agriculture and USAid (to capture African markets)
#pesticide
#GMcrops
#Seeds
#Monsanto
#Syngenta
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Australian food is grown with dangerous chemicals banned in other countries
"Australia has a global reputation as a source of clean food. In fact, the country has some of the most lax regulation of pesticide use in the western world."
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https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/sep/27/australian-food-is-grown-with-dangerous-chemicals-banned-in-other-countriesThe dirty dozen: 12 pesticides that are banned elsewhere but still used in Australia
List of toxins>>
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/ng-interactive/2022/sep/27/12-pesticides-banned-elsewhere-but-still-used-legal-in-australia-what-is-paraquat-atrazine-fiprinol-pesticide-chemicals-food-crops-animalsParaquat and Parkinson’s disease in agricultural producers
"The regulator (is) lagging behind. A 2023 report commissioned by the federal government found “serious allegations of chemical industry capture of the APVMA” and that it took far too long to finalise reviews of dangerous chemicals, including paraquat."
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-08-31/parkinsons-disease-may-be-linked-to-farm-chemical-paraquat/104188978
#food #safety #consumers #Paraquat #pesticides #herbicide #chemicals #agrochemicals #harm #farmers #BigAg #OHS #Syngenta #litigation #neurotoxicity #Parkinsons #APVMA #toxins #regulation #governance #Australia #lagging #water #wildlife #PublicHealth -
„Der Einfluss der #Agrochemie-#Lobby – #Exportschlager #Gift
Dt. #Chemie-#Konzerne exportieren #Pestizide in Entwicklungsländer, die bei uns verboten sind.“ Und sahnen ab.
https://share.deutschlandradio.de/dlf-audiothek-audio-teilen.html?mdm:audio_id=dira_DLF_c81e05b9 (Feature; ca. 50 Min)
Wer schwächt das Gesetz schon im Koa-Vertrag ab? Die #FDP.
Wer quatscht die Lobby-Argumente nach? Die (RLP-)FDP.Danke an #Inkota und @lobbycontrol ✊
#Bayer #Monsanto #MonsantoBayer #Syngenta #BASF #FDPrausAusDerRegierung #Lobbyismus #Gesundheit #EU #REACH #Kenia #SeedSaver
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„Der Einfluss der #Agrochemie-#Lobby – #Exportschlager #Gift
Dt. #Chemie-#Konzerne exportieren #Pestizide in Entwicklungsländer, die bei uns verboten sind.“ Und sahnen ab.
https://share.deutschlandradio.de/dlf-audiothek-audio-teilen.html?mdm:audio_id=dira_DLF_c81e05b9 (Feature; ca. 50 Min)
Wer schwächt das Gesetz schon im Koa-Vertrag ab? Die #FDP.
Wer quatscht die Lobby-Argumente nach? Die (RLP-)FDP.Danke an #Inkota und @lobbycontrol ✊
#Bayer #Monsanto #MonsantoBayer #Syngenta #BASF #FDPrausAusDerRegierung #Lobbyismus #Gesundheit #EU #REACH #Kenia #SeedSaver
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„Der Einfluss der #Agrochemie-#Lobby – #Exportschlager #Gift
Dt. #Chemie-#Konzerne exportieren #Pestizide in Entwicklungsländer, die bei uns verboten sind.“ Und sahnen ab.
https://share.deutschlandradio.de/dlf-audiothek-audio-teilen.html?mdm:audio_id=dira_DLF_c81e05b9 (Feature; ca. 50 Min)
Wer schwächt das Gesetz schon im Koa-Vertrag ab? Die #FDP.
Wer quatscht die Lobby-Argumente nach? Die (RLP-)FDP.Danke an #Inkota und @lobbycontrol ✊
#Bayer #Monsanto #MonsantoBayer #Syngenta #BASF #FDPrausAusDerRegierung #Lobbyismus #Gesundheit #EU #REACH #Kenia #SeedSaver
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„Der Einfluss der #Agrochemie-#Lobby – #Exportschlager #Gift
Dt. #Chemie-#Konzerne exportieren #Pestizide in Entwicklungsländer, die bei uns verboten sind.“ Und sahnen ab.
https://share.deutschlandradio.de/dlf-audiothek-audio-teilen.html?mdm:audio_id=dira_DLF_c81e05b9 (Feature; ca. 50 Min)
Wer schwächt das Gesetz schon im Koa-Vertrag ab? Die #FDP.
Wer quatscht die Lobby-Argumente nach? Die (RLP-)FDP.Danke an #Inkota und @lobbycontrol ✊
#Bayer #Monsanto #MonsantoBayer #Syngenta #BASF #FDPrausAusDerRegierung #Lobbyismus #Gesundheit #EU #REACH #Kenia #SeedSaver
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„Der Einfluss der #Agrochemie-#Lobby – #Exportschlager #Gift
Dt. #Chemie-#Konzerne exportieren #Pestizide in Entwicklungsländer, die bei uns verboten sind.“ Und sahnen ab.
https://share.deutschlandradio.de/dlf-audiothek-audio-teilen.html?mdm:audio_id=dira_DLF_c81e05b9 (Feature; ca. 50 Min)
Wer schwächt das Gesetz schon im Koa-Vertrag ab? Die #FDP.
Wer quatscht die Lobby-Argumente nach? Die (RLP-)FDP.Danke an #Inkota und @lobbycontrol ✊
#Bayer #Monsanto #MonsantoBayer #Syngenta #BASF #FDPrausAusDerRegierung #Lobbyismus #Gesundheit #EU #REACH #Kenia #SeedSaver
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"How did a chemical company keep a popular pesticide on the market despite mounting research showing a link to Parkinson’s disease? #Syngenta denies the link, but the weedkiller #Paraquat is banned in more than 50 countries. Now, thousands of Americans are suing Syngenta, the maker of Paraquat."
w/ Jeremy Raff, producer of the Fault Lines film, “The Pesticide Playbook”
https://omny.fm/shows/the-take/paraquat-is-linked-to-parkinson-s-why-hasn-t-the-u
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Avanza en secreto la siembra y experimentación de #Transgénicos en #Centroamerica: Realizan protestas coordinadas para denunciar el secretismo
👉 https://avispa.org/?p=116598 🐝
#SICA #guatemala #elsalvador #honduras #EEUU #syngenta #monsanto #Bayer #CostaRica #Dupont #Campesinos #trangenicos #centroamerica #organicos
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Verbotene #Pestizide mit unbefristeten Lizenzen
Laut einer Untersuchung der Nachrichtenplattformen Salud con Lupa und Mongabay werden in #Peru eine Reihe von Pestiziden des Konzerns #Syngenta nicht regelmäßig auf ihre Risiken für #Gesundheit und #Umwelt überprüft. Es geht um insgesamt 42 Pestizide, die in der #EU und der #Schweiz verboten sind. Darüber hinaus sind fünf Substanzen in China verboten, dem Sitz des weltweit größten Agrochemie- und Saatgutkonzerns.
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We already have problems with patents spilling over from #GMOs into conventional breeding. If patented #NGTs (gene-edited #newGMOs) get deregulated, the problem will get so much worse. #Patents block access to seed and are a threat to food security! It is mostly agrochemical multinationals that are filing these patents, e.g. #Bayer, #BASF, #Syngenta and #Corteva https://www.no-patents-on-seeds.org/en/report2023
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We already have problems with patents spilling over from #GMOs into conventional breeding. If patented #NGTs (gene-edited #newGMOs) get deregulated, the problem will get so much worse. #Patents block access to seed and are a threat to food security! It is mostly agrochemical multinationals that are filing these patents, e.g. #Bayer, #BASF, #Syngenta and #Corteva https://www.no-patents-on-seeds.org/en/report2023
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We already have problems with patents spilling over from #GMOs into conventional breeding. If patented #NGTs (gene-edited #newGMOs) get deregulated, the problem will get so much worse. #Patents block access to seed and are a threat to food security! It is mostly agrochemical multinationals that are filing these patents, e.g. #Bayer, #BASF, #Syngenta and #Corteva https://www.no-patents-on-seeds.org/en/report2023
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We already have problems with patents spilling over from #GMOs into conventional breeding. If patented #NGTs (gene-edited #newGMOs) get deregulated, the problem will get so much worse. #Patents block access to seed and are a threat to food security! It is mostly agrochemical multinationals that are filing these patents, e.g. #Bayer, #BASF, #Syngenta and #Corteva https://www.no-patents-on-seeds.org/en/report2023
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US court bans three weedkillers and finds the US Environmental Protection Agency broke law in approval process. Ban on #dicamba-based weedkillers used on #GMO crops is a major blow to three of the world's largest agrochemical companies: #Bayer, #BASF and #Syngenta. The news comes at a particularly bad time for Bayer, reeling from other #Monsanto-related problems, notably mass litigation over #Roundup, which is costing Bayer billions. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/feb/07/us-weedkiller-ban-dicamba-epa
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For decades, one of the world’s largest pesticide manufacturers deployed the Big Tobacco playbook to keep its flagship product ubiquitous—despite the company...#AlJazeera #AlJazeeraEnglish #AlJazeeradocumentary #FaultLines #ThePesticidePlaybook #alJazeera #aljazeeraEnglish #aljazeeralive #aljazeeravideo #aljazeera #aljazeeraEnglish #aljazeeralatest #aljazeeralive #aljazeeralivenews #documentary #latestnews #newsheadlines #paraquat #parkinsons #parkinsonsdisease #pesticide #syngenta #toxicpesticides
The Pesticide Playbook: Inside a Chemical Company’s Cover-Up | Fault Lines Documentary -
#Farmers allege link between popular #herbicide and #Parkinsons disease
November 29, 2023
"It is against the law to use #paraquat in China, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and dozens of other countries. Many countries have banned the herbicide due to its extreme #toxicity, while others have expressed concerns over the possible risk for Parkinson's disease.
"Yet the herbicide, manufactured by a #Swiss company that is owned by the #Chinese state, is still widely used throughout the #UnitedStates in part because it is a highly effective way to kill weeds.
"The company, Syngenta, says that paraquat, which it produces under the name Gramoxone, 'is safe for its intended and labelled use.'
"Clayton Tucholke, who used Gramoxone for years on his farm in LaBolt, #SouthDakota, and has since been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, says otherwise.
"'It should have been pulled, I think, you know, so it didn't happen to somebody else,' Tucholke told ABC News.
"A 76-year-old father and grandfather, Tucholke lived on his farm with his wife Denise, but as the symptoms of #Parkinson's have worsened, he says he was forced to give up his career in #agriculture and had to move to the nearby town of Milbank to be closer to medical professionals.
"Daily tasks have become arduous for Tucholke, who now has to travel to physical therapy three times a week to slow the progression of his symptoms.
"'This man was so independent,' Denise Tucholke said. 'And his independence has been taken from him, which is unfair.'
"The Tucholkes are among the more than 4,000 Americans who have filed lawsuits as part of a multi-district litigation against #Syngenta, which currently manufactures #Gramoxone, and #Chevron, which distributed it in the U.S. from 1966 until 1986.
"Although Syngenta and Chevron told ABC News that there is no scientific evidence that supports a causal link between #paraquat and #Parkinsonsdisease, the Tucholkes and other plaintiffs allege that such a link exists, arguing that Syngenta and Chevron knew or should have known that the #herbicide could 'cause severe #neurological injuries.'
"'Our daughter and son-in-law are still #farming. I think any time [a] chemical is applied to the fields that they have to use, they should know what's going to happen,' Denise Tucholke said.
"'All the generations that are coming up afterwards need to know,' she said."
#SyngentaKnew #ChevronKnew #Herbicide #Toxins #WaterIsLife #EnvironmentalPollution
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#Artensterben geht nicht bloß zurück auf #Pestizide wie #Glyphosat - nein, auch genormtes #Saatgut von Konzernen wie #Bayer #Syngenta, #Limagrain u. #DuPont verursacht Artensterben.
Dazu verlieren die Sorten massiv Nährstoffe u. die #Bauern werden abhängig gemacht und gehalten!
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Hello! We're @GMWatch and we work to counter the enormous corporate political power and propaganda of the #GMO industry and its supporters. As part of that we provide news and comment on #GMOs and their associated #pesticides, such as #glyphosate and #dicamba, and the #biotech companies, like #Bayer #Monsanto #Syngenta and #Corteva (#Dow/#DuPont), who promote them. #intro #introduction #introductions
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Producenci pestycydów przez lata ukrywali wyniki badań na toksyczność swoich produktów. 📊 🖤 ☠️ Wyniki co najmniej dziewięciu badań przeprowadzonych przez firmy #Bayer i #Syngenta nie zostały przez nie przekazane odpowiednim instytucjom Unii Europejskiej: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jul/19/meps-condemn-pesticide-companies-withholding-toxicity-data
Podczas wysłuchania w Parlamencie Europejskim europosłowie dociekali, dlaczego firmy ukryły przed instytucjami regulacyjnymi UE jedną czwartą wyników badań, które były przez te firmy przekazane instytucjom regulacyjnym w w Stanach Zjednoczonych. Jest prawdopodobne, że dozwolone w UE dawki niektórych substancji byłyby niższe, gdyby instytucje #UE miały dostęp do wyników wszystkich badań. 👩⚕️ 🧠
Firmy produkujące pestycydy twierdzą, że nie mają sobie nic do zarzucenia.
#zdrowie #zdrowaŻywność #pestycydy #rolnictwo #żywność #bezpieczeństwoŻywności #regulacje #TheGuardian
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Bestimmte Techniken zur Genveränderung von Pflanzen sollen nicht mehr ausgewiesen werden. Die Biobranche sieht vor allem die Patentierung kritisch.
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#PublicEye Seit Monaten muss der Staat die Menschen von #Cipreses und #SantaRosa im Hochland von #CostaRica per Lastwagen mit #Trinkwasser versorgen. Der Grund: Das Leitungswasser ist stark mit dem #Pestizid #Chlorothalonil kontaminiert. Dieses ist in Europa verboten, wird aber von europäischen Konzernen, wie #BASF und dem Basler Agrochemie-Riesen #Syngenta, in Costa Rica weiterhin verkauft. https://stories.publiceye.ch/costa-rica/
