On the ’#Cancer Train’ of #India's #pesticides - Al Jazeera English
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Singh blamed the so-called “green revolution” for polluting the soil, water and air “beyond repair”. This was a period during the 1960s of rapid agricultural development - earning Punjab the “bread basket of India” moniker - based on intensive farming that made extensive use of chemicals.
“The rampant and mindless use of pesticides to give impetus to the green revolution is responsible for this harrowing situation in Punjab,” Singh said.
But writer and social activist Avtar Gondare said the agricultural revolution was needed to feed India’s population of more than one billion people.
