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(8,698 posts)Brazil Shown to Be Largest Global Consumer of Pesticides - See more at: http://riotimesonline.com/brazil-news/rio-politics/brazil-is-largest-global-consumer-of-pesticides-shows-report/#sthash.iv8dNrOY.dpuf
"Petersen argues that what has been seen in reality is the opposite. Not only are we using more [pesticides] but we are using more powerful, stronger pesticides. We have been forced to import pesticides which were not even allowed in Brazil to combat pests which attacked GM soybean and cotton plants, he is quoted as saying.
The executive adds that 22 of the fifty main active ingredients used in pesticides in Brazil today have been banned in most other countries. We are facing a situation of total lack of control [of pesticide use]. The state does not monitor as it should and the legislation for the use of pesticides is not being obeyed, he concludes.
- See more at: http://riotimesonline.com/brazil-news/rio-politics/brazil-is-largest-global-consumer-of-pesticides-shows-report/#sthash.iv8dNrOY.dpuf