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2010-03-09 | permalink
New head of Brazilian biosafety commission is a fervent GE crop promoter
Paiva’s commitment to promoting GM crops is such that he once told the media one of the advantages of Monsanto’s soya is that people could even drink the pesticide sprayed on the crop without dying. He also opposes food labelling and claims that the precautionary principle is actually no more than a ’principle of obstruction.’
- AS-PTA Agricultura Familiar e Agroecologia, Brazil: CTNBio ushers in 2010 by announcing a new president and releasing everything
- AS-PTA Agricultura Familiar e Agroecologia, Brazil: Attempting to solve the problems caused by Monsanto’s herbicide-tolerant GM soya, Brazil approves BASF’s herbicide-tolerant GM soya
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2010-03-09 | permalink
New head of Brazilian biosafety commission is a fervent GE crop promoter
Paiva’s commitment to promoting GM crops is such that he once told the media one of the advantages of Monsanto’s soya is that people could even drink the pesticide sprayed on the crop without dying. He also opposes food labelling and claims that the precautionary principle is actually no more than a ’principle of obstruction.’
- AS-PTA Agricultura Familiar e Agroecologia, Brazil: CTNBio ushers in 2010 by announcing a new president and releasing everything
- AS-PTA Agricultura Familiar e Agroecologia, Brazil: Attempting to solve the problems caused by Monsanto’s herbicide-tolerant GM soya, Brazil approves BASF’s herbicide-tolerant GM soya
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