Angelica Enciso L.
Newspaper La Jornada
Monday, November 28, 2022, p. 17
The large companies that produce agrochemicals –some of which are part of the National Agricultural Council in Mexico– sell highly hazardous pesticides (HPP), according to a count presented in the report. Impact of the use of pesticides in the agricultural sector of the Center for Studies for Sustainable Rural Development and Food Sovereignty of the Chamber of Deputies.
Bayer, the company that owns Monsanto, the largest maker of Roundup, the most widely used herbicide on earth that contains glyphosate, is facing thousands of lawsuits, mainly in the United States and Europe, because it is identified as a PAP and allegedly responsible for causing cancer in those people who were exposed to the product.
Paraquat, developed by Syngenta, it can kill a person with the ingestion of a sip. Each year, this product is linked to thousands of poisonings of farmers in developing countries.
indicates the report.
It adds that in 2018, Thiamethoxam, which is a neonicotinoid, was banned for outdoor use amid mounting evidence of its devastating effects on bees. Syngenta’s main markets for this highly hazardous pesticide are Brazil, China and India.
It indicates that Cyproconazole is a fungicide classified by the European Agency for Chemical Substances and Mixtures (ECHA) as toxic to reproduction; it was found to cause fetal toxicity and induce severe malformations in laboratory animals. In addition, it requires that there are crops that require too much highly dangerous pesticides, among which cereals such as rice, corn and soybeans stand out, as well as fibers such as cotton
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