Pesticide use increased 162% in Brazil as GM soy corporations subjugated country to agrochemical imperialism
Brazil’s agricultural sector is on the rise. By the same token, so is its pesticide use. According to the Brazilian Association of Collective Health (Abrasco), there has been an increase of 162.32% in the volume of pesticides in Brazil between 2000 and 2012.(1) In 2009, Brazil earned the title of the world’s largest consumer of Read More
