{"id":4615,"date":"2023-07-14T13:57:40","date_gmt":"2023-07-14T20:57:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/?p=4615"},"modified":"2024-11-11T09:02:28","modified_gmt":"2024-11-11T16:02:28","slug":"genetically-modified-children-film-unveils-monstrous-child-deformities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/2023\/07\/14\/genetically-modified-children-film-unveils-monstrous-child-deformities\/","title":{"rendered":"Genetically Modified Children: Film Unveils \u2018Monstrous\u2019 Child Deformities"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This is unbelievably sad, and it really shows that the owners and controllers of global financialized capital are evil and don&#8217;t care about what happens to disposable populations as long as they maintain control and increase their fortunes. And you can still <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cooneyconway.com\/blog\/roundup-glyphosate-still-store-shelves\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">buy glyphosate on shelves<\/a> at Home Depot, Lowes&#8230;(see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bayer.com\/en\/roundup-litigation-five-point-plan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bayer&#8217;s impudence<\/a>). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Genetically Modified Children | Trailer | Documentary | Cinema Libre\" width=\"1290\" height=\"726\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Vc7EAm0BBCA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">They used to have the whole documentary up on Bitchute, but now a rental<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=174721\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=174721<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ub-divider ub_divider ub-divider-orientation-horizontal\" id=\"ub_divider_41168b5d-29a9-4cfd-a80e-4f83647f6161\"><div class=\"ub_divider_wrapper\" style=\"position: relative; margin-bottom: 2px; width: 100%; height: 2px; \" data-divider-alignment=\"center\"><div class=\"ub_divider_line\" style=\"border-top: 2px solid #ccc; margin-top: 2px; \"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Analysis by Dr. Joseph Mercola<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"expanderHead\">STORY AT-A-GLANCE<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u201cGenetically Modified Children\u201d film exposes how Philip Morris and Monsanto have exploited impoverished farmers since 1966, when the Argentinian government authorized the use of GMO crops to withstand Monsanto\u2019s Roundup weedkiller<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tobacco farmers in Argentina are forced to use a multitude of dangerous agrochemicals in order to grow a crop that\u2019s certifiable by U.S. tobacco company Philip Morris<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>An increasing number of children are being born with severe birth defects and deformities in Argentina<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The film interviews Dr. Hugo Gomez Demaio and Dr. Mario Barrera, who are dedicated to highlighting and treating the link between agrochemicals and birth defects<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The film features anti-agrochemical activist Sofia Gatica, who is renowned for her work in tracking abnormal rates of cancer, kidney disease and other ailments linked to aerial spraying of glyphosate on GMO soy crops<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Editor\u2019s Note: This article is a reprint. It was originally published August 25, 2018.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The shocking film \u201cGenetically Modified Children\u201d unveils the horrors of decades of chemical-intensive agricultural practices in Argentina, where the majority of crops are genetically modified (GM) and routinely doused in dangerous agrochemicals, and the chokehold big tobacco companies such as Philip Morris and chemical and seed giants have on poverty-stricken farmers desperate to earn a living.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The film, produced by Juliette Igier and Stephanie Lebrun, shows the devastating health effects the region\u2019s agricultural sector is having on children,<sup>1<\/sup>&nbsp;an increasing number of whom are being born with monstrous physical deformities. Some of the children\u2019s cases are so severe that, without a medical intervention, will result in death before the age of 5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The film begins with the crew traveling from North Argentina in the Province of Misiones to the Brazilian frontier, an agricultural region that was one of the nation\u2019s first to begin growing&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/takecontrol.substack.com\/p\/gmos-revealed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">genetically modified organisms<\/a>&nbsp;(GMOs) in the mid-\u201990s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Featured in the film is Ricardo Rivero, regional head of the local electricity company. He learned that the reason families cannot pay their bills is because often they are taking care of a sick or handicapped child, and receiving no assistance from the Argentinian government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The film shows them visiting the humble home of a tobacco farmer where they meet Lucas Texeira, a 5-year-old boy with an incurable genetic skin disease. The family believes it was caused by the mother\u2019s exposure to Monsanto\u2019s Roundup weedkiller early on in her pregnancy. No one told her it was toxic, she says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The genetic mutation that caused her son\u2019s condition left him with no pores in his skin, which means he doesn\u2019t perspire. The heat from his body stays inside, causing him severe and painful itching that leads to frequent crying spells. Mr. Texeira expresses his sadness over Lucas\u2019 condition, as well as his fears that he could have another child in the future with a similar deformity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Agrochemicals Lead to Rise in Birth Defects, Deformities<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Like many families in rural Argentina, the Texeiras have grown GM tobacco on their land for years, using a number of various agrochemicals required to produce a crop that\u2019s certifiable by Philip Morris, an American multinational cigarette and tobacco manufacturing company (a division of Altria Company since 2003).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Philip Morris provides farmers GM burley tobacco seeds for the manufacturer of light tobacco cigarettes. Each year, Argentinian farmers are forced to use more than 100 different chemicals in order to grow the perfect-looking tobacco crop \u2014 that is, if they hope to make any money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Texeira family is no exception. For more than a decade, they have treated their tobacco plants with glyphosate and other agrochemicals \u2014 and without any protection. However, after seeing a rise in birth defects among the community\u2019s children, including in their own child, they began to fear for their safety and moved off their farmland, away from the toxic chemicals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not easy, but you have to live the life you have,\u201d said Mr. Texeira. \u201cThank God, Lucas\u2019 problem is just his skin. He\u2019s healthy and can eat. He eats almost anything.\u201d Lucas is a miracle, says the film\u2019s narrator. In this region, there\u2019s a disproportionate number of children born with deformities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">300 Million Liters of Glyphosate Are Applied Each Year<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mercola.com\/ebook\/gmo-foods.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">GM crops<\/a>&nbsp;first entered the country through the Misiones Province of Argentina after the government authorized their use from 1996 onward, a decision based solely on studies conducted by Monsanto, and with no contradicting research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more than two decades the land was sprayed with glyphosate and other agrochemicals, contaminating the region\u2019s soil and water. By 2013, more than 24 million hectares<sup>2<\/sup>&nbsp;(59.3 million acres) of GM crops were grown in Argentina, including soy, maize, cotton and tobacco.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mounting scientific evidence connecting the rise in miscarriages, birth defects and cancer to GMOs and agrochemicals did not dissuade the Argentinian government from subsidizing GM crops. Perhaps, that decision is due in part to the 35% in taxes Argentina receives from GMO soy exports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite the dangers, no one warned tobacco farmers of the risks. In fact, the opposite was true. Farmers in the Misiones province were inundated with various forms of marketing, including commercials from chemical companies insisting agrochemicals were the key to prosperity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Television advertisements touted the benefits of Monsanto\u2019s Roundup weedkiller, including its ability to kill everything except for GMOs. The marketing worked. Today, more than 300 million liters (79.2 million gallons) of glyphosate are dumped each year onto more than 28 million hectares (69.1 million acres) of land in Argentina.<sup>3<\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Total Desertion<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The film shows the crew visiting the home of another sick child. Lucas Krauss was born with congenital microcephaly. He suffers from epilepsy, delayed motor and mental development, multiple muscular atrophy and numerous other related pathologies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first doctor the family consulted said their son\u2019s condition was due to a lack of oxygen; however, the neurologist had a different opinion. At first, he agreed and said it was due to a lack of oxygen; however, when they pressed him further he admitted that a lack of oxygen was not the only cause, but he refused to say what he believed the true cause was of Lucas\u2019 condition. They wouldn\u2019t even run medical tests, said the boy\u2019s mother.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The family understands that Lucas\u2019 condition, as well as many others in the community, is likely tied to the agrochemicals used to farm tobacco. But the family can\u2019t quit the trade because it\u2019s the main source of income in their area, and most importantly, it\u2019s the only sector that provides social security for its workers. Without the financial aid of the tobacco industry, the father fears he will be unable to care for his special needs son.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cThe whole family feels discriminated against because it seems that society doesn\u2019t want to see their reality,\u201d&nbsp;said Rivero.&nbsp;\u201cHis parents don\u2019t ask anything for themselves. They\u2019re not asking for anything out of the ordinary. It\u2019s just that the responsible parties \u2014 the state is the responsible one for these children\u2019s problems \u2014 and it\u2019s not taking responsibility and there\u2019s total desertion.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2010, things started to move. Lawyers from the U.S. traveled to Misiones to visit the families of severely handicapped children. One of their stops included the home of 17-year-old William Nu\u00f1ez, who was born severely handicapped.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He can\u2019t walk or talk, and has to be fed through a feeding tube in his stomach. The family has received no aid from the government for the medical treatment William needs. Instead, they have learned on their own how to care for their disabled child.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ignorance and Exploitation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Nu\u00f1ez family says they were visited by American lawyers four or five times in a sixth-month period, as well as a handful of doctors from the U.S. and Mexico. The Nu\u00f1ez family were told that they were not at fault for using agrochemicals, and that they could be awarded up to $3 million for William\u2019s case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The attorneys asked the family to sign a contract with a commitment not to discuss their case with anyone. Up until now, they have respected the contract. But they haven\u2019t heard from the lawyers in over four years and don\u2019t want to keep quiet any longer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Next the film introduces a man named Emilio, the son of a tobacco farmer who has created an independent labor union to contend with the two tobacco companies in the region, which often take the side of Big Tobacco.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tobacco farming is a tough job, says Emilio, adding that people suffer a lot because they work all year long, and the financial incentive is not great. Emilio describes the tobacco industry in San Jacinto, Argentina as a slavery system, one encapsulated by ignorance and exploitation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The film crew visits a warehouse where all of the region\u2019s tobacco farmers come to sell their product. The farmers\u2019 tobacco crop is transported here at the end of the growing cycle, which includes the sowing, treating, harvesting, drying and sorting. This is the only place they can sell their crop, says Emilio. The film crew is there on the day the farmers learn the value of their year\u2019s work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s when you get happy or get angry, because if it went well, you know that you\u2019ll be able to buy what you need or what you dreamed about when you were working for it. So, you\u2019ll find out here,\u201d&nbsp;says Emilio.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>The crop must meet strict standards set by the cooperative, which inspects each bale in the blink of an eye. They examine the texture, breadth and the color of the leaves. Tobacco in its natural state would never pass the test \u2014 only the use of agrochemicals can ensure a good result.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Big Tobacco Dominates the Industry<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The film interviews one of the farmers about his feelings on his earnings. He says he received 11,575 Mexican pesos (or about $610 U.S. dollars) for 975 kilos of tobacco. That\u2019s about $3.50 per pound of tobacco. It\u2019s a low price, he says. \u201cTo me, it seems like a total rip-off. It\u2019s unfair.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The farmers say their income was especially low this year as result of the expensive chemical inputs they are forced to use. The chemical companies charge them in U.S. dollars, but they pay in pesos, says one frustrated farmer, adding that he has no way out of the business because he can\u2019t risk losing his social security.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Big Tobacco dominates the industry in San Jacinto, Argentina. It dominates to such an extent that companies like Philip Morris have completely changed tobacco farming. Today, farmers are enslaved by the companies that produce and sell the agrochemicals required to grow a crop that can be certified by Philip Morris.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The film crew manages to capture footage inside a warehouse where farmers go to buy pesticides. Tall stacks of herbicides, fungicides and insecticides line the walls \u2014 all of it handled with bare hands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Among the insecticides is a chemical manufactured by Bayer called Confidor, which contains the insecticides clothianidin, imidacloprid, thiamethoxam and methiocarb,<sup>4<\/sup>&nbsp;all of which, except for methiocarb, belong to a class of bee-killing pesticides known as neonicotinoids, which were banned on all crops grown outdoors in Europe.<sup>5<\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Poison Is a Recurrent Word in Argentina<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Before leaving the region, the film crew makes one last stop to visit 50-year-old Raul Gomez, who has created a list of all the chemicals he has had to handle over the past two decades, most of which are now banned due to their toxicity. Gomez is concerned about having to keep the chemicals on his property, most of which are too dangerous for him to dispose of.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He says he was told someone would come and take them, but no one has, so he built shacks to store them. Gomez says he believes he was definitely a guinea pig in that he was forced to work with such dangerous poisons without any knowledge of the implication to his or his family\u2019s health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He and other farmers say the question isn\u2019t if they will become ill, but when. Everyone in this region has poison running through their bodies, he says, and while he doesn\u2019t feel it now, in a few years he may. \u201cThat\u2019s how it is. The consequences come later.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Next the film crew travels to Posadas, the capital of the Province of Misiones, where doctors are considering a terrifying hypothesis: Exposure to agrochemicals may actually modify the human genome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They meet 73-year-old Dr. Hugo Gomez Demaio, head of the neurosurgery service at the Pediatric Hospital of Posadas, and Dr. Mario Barrera, neurosurgeon at the Medical School of Nordeste. (Both institutions are in Buenos Aries). The doctors are dedicated to highlighting and treating the link between glyphosate exposure and other agrochemicals and birth defects caused by DNA damage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the years, Demaio has witnessed an increasing number of children suffering from malformations. \u201cThese are no more empirical observations, but an inescapable statistic that he has drawn up with his successor, Dr. Barrera,\u201d says the film\u2019s narrator. One hundred percent of these children with severe deformities will die before the age of 5 if they do not have a medical intervention, says Demaio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The film shows two little girls suffering from hydrocephalus, a condition linked to an abnormality affecting the X chromosome. Hydrocephalus is the buildup of fluids deep within the brain. The excess fluids put pressure on the brain causing damage to brain tissue. Symptoms of hydrocephalus include an unusually large head, a rapid increase in the size of the head and a bulging spot on top.<sup>6<\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u2018They Have the Money and We Have the Illness\u2019<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The mothers of the two little girls with hydrocephalus say they were exposed to agrochemicals, but indirectly. While agrochemicals were not stored in their home, they say they were exposed to them through the contaminated clothing of their male family members who farm tobacco. The women would wash the men\u2019s clothing in a nearby creek, which also served as their source of drinking water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Demaio says exposure to agrochemicals may cause genetic damage that\u2019s transmitted to an individual\u2019s offspring, causing a modification of genetic heritage. Barrera explains:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cEven if the entire local environment is contaminated, it does not mean that all children will become sick. But when the father is exposed to herbicides, they are absorbed into the body and alter his DNA. He then passes that genetic mutation on to his children.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>In the beginning, Demaio and Barrera worked alone, but soon other doctors who had made similar observations joined them in their work. In 2009, they published results showing miscarriages and congenital defects among newborns were six times higher than normal, and cancers in small children were five times more common than elsewhere.<sup>7<\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The doctors say the agrochemicals pass from mother to child and cause damage within the first 28 days of pregnancy, resulting in monstrous deformities that are difficult to repair. The most common expression is myelomeningocele,<sup>8<\/sup>&nbsp;a birth defect of the backbone and spinal cord. It\u2019s the most severe lesion of the central nervous system that one can still live with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Demaio says the Argentinian government refuses to listen to him, so he has dedicated his time to educating young people at universities, many of whom have grown up in tobacco farming families and around pesticides, but know very little about them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They were told agrochemicals are safe, and necessary, to feed people. \u201cThey have the money and we have the illness,\u201d says Demaio, referring to the chemical companies and the profits they\u2019ve earned on unsuspecting farmers forced in a chemical-reliant trade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A David Versus Goliath Battle<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The film crew visits the lawyers in their office in Bueno Aires, the ones who never followed up after visiting the families four years ago. They were not very knowledgeable about the case, so the film crew visits the New York office for which the attorneys had worked on the file years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They speak with Steven J. Phillips of the Phillips &amp; Paolicelli LLP office, which specializes in defending children from toxic products. Phillips says he believes he has a strong case against Monsanto and Philip Morris. Monsanto designed and sold glyphosate to people in South America under conditions in which it knew there would be pregnant women mixing the chemicals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Monsanto knew it was extremely dangerous but sold the stuff anyway and made a ton of money, said Phillips. Philip Morris insisted the farmers grow the tobacco in a specific way that included the use of glyphosate, and if they didn\u2019t, Philip Morris wouldn\u2019t buy the tobacco. So, the farmers had no choice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIf you force someone to behave in a way that\u2019s dangerous, mislead them about it, and then their children get hurt, then that\u2019s a reason to bring them to court,\u201d said Phillips. While the attorneys recognize the battle as being a David versus Goliath type, they also know that the truth is on their side.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The truth often prevails, as is the case in the guilty verdict in the landmark Monsanto trial. A jury in San Francisco, California, awarded plaintiff Dewayne Johnson $289 million in damages after determining his cancer was caused by exposure Monsanto\u2019s Roundup weedkiller.<sup>9<\/sup>&nbsp;Organic Consumers Association (OCA) reports:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cThe jury\u2019s decision was unanimous: Monsanto was guilty of manufacturing and selling a product that caused Johnson\u2019s cancer. What\u2019s more, the company knew its product could cause cancer \u2014 and yet it intentionally hid that fact from Johnson and the public.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>The case is eerily similar to that of the farmers and their families who are suffering from exposure to agrochemicals, including glyphosate, in Argentina. And the tobacco farmers aren\u2019t alone in their battle. There\u2019s another region in Argentina that has become the symbol in the fight against agrochemicals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Cordoba, the Realm of the Transgenic Soybean<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The film crew travels to Cordoba, Argentina\u2019s second most important city, and the last stop in their investigation. Cordoba is characterized for its planting of transgenic soy and where glyphosate is applied from above through aerial spraying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The town is littered with anti-Monsanto graffiti. In 2012, a historical verdict<sup>10<\/sup>&nbsp;was delivered in Cordoba when a farmer and the owner of a crop-dusting plane were sentenced to three years in prison for illegal aerial spraying. They had been spraying glyphosate within 2,500 meters of a densely, populated area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The film introduces anti-agrochemical activist Sofia Gatica, who cofounded Mothers of Ituzaingo,<sup>11<\/sup>&nbsp;a group of moms working to stop the indiscriminate agrochemical use that has poisoned the region\u2019s children. Gatica lost her own infant daughter to kidney malformation, and her son lost his ability to walk following exposure to a local agrochemical fumigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gatica is recognized for her work in tracking the abnormal rates of cancer, kidney disease and other conditions in areas close to where glyphosate was applied to GMO soy crops. The Mothers of Ituzaingo had blood tests done on their kids and found that 3 in 4 children living in their community had agrochemicals in their blood, including pesticides, chromium, lead and arsenic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hoping to get help from the government, the group presented the results to Argentinian officials, who told them they would only improve the water if the families signed away their right to sue for the water contamination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gatica has repeatedly been threatened and physically assaulted for her efforts in fighting the chemical companies. On one occasion in 2014, she was threatened with a gun and told by a man that if she didn\u2019t stop protesting against Monsanto, he would \u201cblow her brains out.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Making Progress<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite the uphill battle, Mothers of Ituzaingo and other activists have made good progress. As the OCA reports:<sup>12<\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cIn 2008, Argentina\u2019s president ordered the minister of health to investigate the impact of pesticide use in Ituzaing\u00f3. A study was conducted by the Department of Medicine at Buenos Aires University and the results corroborated with the research the mothers had done linking pesticide exposure to the many health issues experienced by people in the community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gatica also succeeded in getting a municipal ordinance passed that prohibited aerial spraying in Ituzaing\u00f3 at distances of less than 2,500 meters from residences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And, in a huge victory, a 2010 Supreme Court ruling banned agrochemical spraying near populated areas and reversed the burden of proof \u2014 now the government and soy producers have to prove the chemicals they are using are safe, instead of residents having to prove that the spraying is making them sick.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite the victories, people living in Argentina and other regions saturated with GMOs and agrochemicals have a long, hard road ahead. In 2021, according to a systematic review of the scientific literature published between 2006 and 2018, it was estimated that 385 million cases of unintentional, acute pesticide poisoning (UAPP) occur annually worldwide.<sup>13<\/sup>&nbsp;But agrochemicals are worth $40 billion per year, and are projected to reach $308 billion in value by the year 2025.<sup>14<\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Will the world\u2019s multinational chemical companies ever sacrifice profits to protect public health? Only time will tell; however, the solution likely lies in the legal system, which is making strides around the world to protect the public from harmful agrochemicals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is unbelievably sad, and it really shows that the owners and controllers of global financialized capital are evil and don&#8217;t care about what happens to disposable populations as long as they maintain control and increase their fortunes. 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