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Increased Pesticide Residues in the
soil and on crops contrary to biotech industry propaganda,
recent studies have found that US farmers growing GE (GMO)
crops are using just as many toxic pesticides and herbicides
as conventional farmers, and in some cases are using more.
Crops genetically engineered to be herbicide-resistant
account for 70% of all GE crops planted in 1998. The so-called
"benefits" of these herbicide-resistant crops are that
farmers can spray as much of a particular herbicide on
their crops as they want--killing the weeds without damaging
their crop. Scientists estimate that herbicide-resistant
crops planted around the globe will triple the amount
of toxic broad-spectrum herbicides used in agriculture.
These broad-spectrum herbicides are designed to literally
kill everything green.The leaders in biotechnology are
the same giant chemical companies--Monsanto, DuPont, AgrEvo,
Novartis, and Rhone-Poulenc--that sell toxic pesticides.
These companies are genetically engineering plants to
be resistant to herbicides that they manufacture so they
can sell more herbicides to farmers who, in turn, can
apply more poisonous herbicides to crops to kill weeds.
Information provided with the help of Ronnie Cummins Organic
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