Center for Food Safety | News Room | New Genetically Engineered (GE) Crop Will Sharply Increase Use of Toxic Pesticide, a « Probable Human Carcinogen »
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Le Département de l’#agriculture US autorise l’emploi d’#OGM résistants à un nombre de plus en plus croissant de #pesticides, ce qui multiplie l’emploi de ces derniers et par conséquent les risques pour la #santé et l’#environnement.
Biotech Industry Inaugurates New Era of Pesticide-Promoting Agriculture
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has quietly approved the first of a new generation of GE crops resistant to more toxic herbicides. The first crop to pass the low regulatory bar was a Bayer soybean variety genetically engineered to withstand direct application of the herbicide #isoxaflutole (IFT), which according to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is a “probable human carcinogen.”