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1. Latin America: (Category); In Latin America, GM soy production has caused the destruction of millions of hectares of forest in Brazil, Argentina, and Paraguay. It has poisoned humans, livestock, and ecosystems. The video Killing ...; Created on 30 November -0001
2. Argentina and Paraguay: Civil society organisations call for suspension of GM wheat ...: (Latest News); Bioceres reports 24% drop in income Civil society organisations in Argentina and Paraguay[1] are calling for the suspension of Bioceres's GM wheat HB4 on the grounds of the failure of the technology ...; Created on 06 March 2025
3. Argentina: GMO agricultural model “damages health, generates illness and death” ...: (2023); ... Argentina has found that younger people in villages sprayed with pesticides are 2.5 times more likely to suffer and die from cancer than people who live far away from agrochemicals, writes journalist Darío ...; Created on 06 April 2023
4. Argentina: GMO wheat banned in the province of Buenos Aires ...: (2022); ... y obtained partial approvals in Colombia and Brazil. But while Bioceres is rushing to create markets for its GMO wheat abroad, within Argentina itself its commercialisation is facing widespread resistanc ...; Created on 11 July 2022
5. Argentina's Bioceres says its GMO wheat gets key OK from US FDA ...: (2022); ... appearing (with no meaningful labelling) on store shelves. --- Argentina's Bioceres says its GMO wheat gets key OK from US FDA By Jorgelina Do Rosario and Tom Polansek Reuters, June 27, 2022 https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/argentinas-bioceres-says-its-gmo-wheat-gets-key-ok-us-fda-2022-06-2 ...; Created on 28 June 2022
6. Australia approves GMO wheat and that’s bad news for rural people in Argentina ...: (2022); ... This is a significant milestone for Bioceres, the Argentine firm behind “HB4 wheat”, which they claim is drought resistant, as well as being tolerant to the herbicides glyphosate and glufosinate. Argentina ...; Created on 07 May 2022
7. GMO wheat in Argentina suffers from low yields ...: (2022); Controversial GM crop gives only two-thirds of the average yield for non-GM wheat. Report: Claire Robinson Developments in Argentina regarding genetically modified (GM) wheat show that however determined ...; Created on 31 January 2022
8. Brazil clears GMO wheat flour from Argentina, but sales may be slow ...: (2021); Shipments of the new variety developed in Argentina are unlikely anytime soon due to opposition from Brazilian millers and global consumers EXCERPT: Brazil's biosecurity agency CTNBio said its unanimou ...; Created on 12 November 2021
9. Please support protesters in Argentina against the GMO onslaught ...: (2021); Argentina’s rural communities are being devastated by the GMO/toxic model of agriculture, writes Jonathan Matthews On 11 November demonstrators will take to the streets in Argentina to protest against ...; Created on 08 November 2021
10. Brazil's wheat industry association says millers won't buy GMO wheat from Argentina ...: (2021); Entire wheat supply chain is worried about the effects of transgenic wheat on the health of consumers EXCERPT: Since [GM wheat] HB4’s approval in October 2020, Argentina’s main farmer associations ...; Created on 28 September 2021
11. Brazil's wheat association warns against Argentina's GMO wheat adoption ...: (2020); ... to halt purchases of Argentinian wheat in case the production commercializes and the wheat is supplied to Brazil. --- Brazil's Abitrigo warns against Argentina's GMO wheat adoption; some skeptical of mo ...; Created on 15 October 2020
12. Argentina becomes first country to approve GM wheat ...: (2020); Experts express concern Argentina's approval of GM wheat is a badly thought out development that – provided the country actually ends up growing the stuff – could easily harm global wheat markets. ...; Created on 09 October 2020
13. Argentina: Devastating consequences of GMO-based intensive ag on native amphibians ...: (2019); ... in four common amphibian species from South America across 91 ponds located in the Pampas of central Argentina. We found that survival decreased in 13 out of 20 pesticides applications concomitantly wit ...; Created on 12 December 2019
14. (GM) soy destruction in Argentina leads straight to our dinner plates ...: (2018); Argentina’s Gran Chaco forest is being razed for soy, ending up in Europe as animal feed EXCERPT: In response to pressure from environmental groups to halt the rampant deforestation, Argentina’s congress ...; Created on 27 October 2018
15. When nature says "Enough!": The river that appeared overnight in Argentina ...: (2018); ... to rise, and increased the speed of the subterranean flow – in turn triggering the collapse of the area’s permeable soil. --- When nature says "Enough!": The river that appeared overnight in Argentin ...; Created on 02 April 2018
16. Study questions sustainability of GM soy production in Argentina ...: (2017); GM soybean production in Argentina has had significant harmful impacts on the environment, putting its long-term sustainability into question EXCERPT FROM STUDY: We find that the environmental implications ...; Created on 13 September 2017
17. Agroecology booming in Argentina ...: (2016); Organic agriculture is rapidly expanding in Argentina as part of a backlash against a model that has disappointed producers and is starting to worry consumers Here’s some good news for the holiday ...; Created on 26 December 2016
18. Argentina: “United Republic of Soybeans” and agribusiness under challenge ...: (2016); ... in Argentina to prove the dangers of glyphosate. Now recognised and remembered, Carrasco faced a harsh response to his criticism of the soy model – now the mainstay of the Southern Cone economies. Around ...; Created on 12 December 2016
19. Argentina: The villagers who fear herbicides ...: (2016); BBC covers the public health crisis in Argentina linked to the herbicides sprayed on GM soy Below is some rare but welcome coverage by the BBC of the catastrophic health effects suffered by Argentine ...; Created on 22 August 2016
20. Local residents force Monsanto to tear down GMO seed plant in Argentina ...: (2016); ... and environmentalists had been a factor in the company’s decision. — Local residents force Monsanto to tear down GMO seed plant in Argentina Sustainable Pulse, Aug 7 2016 http://sustainablepulse.com/2016/08/07/local-residents-force-monsanto-to-tear-down-gmo-seed-plant-in-argentina/#.V6dW9I7hVwC ...; Created on 07 August 2016

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