| | 24/May/23
| | Argentina: March against the agro-industrial model, GMOs and pesticides On 26 May in Argentina, social, human rights and environmental groups will march to the Ministry of Health against the agro-industrial model, GMOs and pesticides. The organisers said in a statement, "500 million litres of pesticides are sprayed per year, and it is the country that applies the most glyphosate per person in the world!" They criticised the "recent approval of HB4 transgenic wheat in the country" and warned that "there are already 25 companies that are marketing the milled flour to the population in the form of bread, noodles and other products". They said, “GM wheat and new creations resistant to glufosinate ammonium are an even more damaging sequel than glyphosate itself." They added that the precautionary principle, the constitution, and the General Environmental Law are being violated. They are calling for comprehensive agrarian reform, an agroecological model of production, and food sovereignty, in order to put an end to the sickening of people and the destruction of ecosystems in this time of climate change. El Ciudadano A Massachusetts town is suing Monsanto for its cancer-causing PCBs Clare Lahey has lived with her husband in the home he grew up in, just up the street from the Housatonic River in the town of Lee, Massachusetts, for nearly five decades. Now, in the twilight of their lives, they’re watching as the same chemicals that have ravaged the health of people living along the river for years are now being dredged and dumped near their home. Lahey has had bladder cancer twice; her husband is wracked with illnesses including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease even though he never smoked. She believes that proximity to the river is to blame for their health problems, and she’s not alone: The Environmental Protection Agency, or EPA, warns that the river’s PCBs are likely to cause cancer in humans, and a study on the cancer link is scheduled to be released this year. Lee is known as a place polluted by PCBs, dangerous industrial chemicals manufactured by Monsanto and used by General Electric in the electric transformers the company manufactured and serviced. GE ran a plant in the county’s largest city and dumped PCBs into the Housatonic River from 1932 to 1977, when Monsanto ceased production. In 1979, the EPA made PCBs illegal. Now the town has filed a lawsuit against Monsanto as part of an attempt to find an alternative site outside of the region. The Intercept We hope you’ve enjoyed this newsletter, which is made possible by readers’ donations. Please support our work with a one-off or regular donation. Thank you! __________________________________________________________ Website: http://www.gmwatch.org
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