Brazil’s national cancer institute takes stand against pesticide use, links weed killer to cancer
Brazil’s national cancer institute recently released a new report in which the agency states that they are against current pesticide practices and the impact that they’re having on public health in their country, especially with regard to cancer. Brazil’s José Alencar Gomes da Silva National Cancer Institute reports: “It is important to highlight that the Read More
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
Nearly 2 million Brazilians gather to protest corrupt government, poor economy, as water supplies dry up amid global drought
Hundreds of thousands of protesters met on the streets of Brazil to call for the impeachment of President Dilma Rousseff. The protest revolts were fueled by government corruption and mismanagement of the economy. According to a survey conducted by the polling firm Datafolha , approximately 66 percent of Brazilians are in favor of the removal Read More
