"Why do we keep allowing companies and governments to continue to do this?" says Constanza, a grandmother of a 6 year old Chilean boy who suffers from birth defects linked to pesticides. "What's missing is the fundamental respect for all life."
I learned today that the US and the European Union allow production and exportation of pesticides that are banned in their own countries. Within the years of 2001-2003, the US exported 28 million pounds of pesticides that are banned, severely restricted, or unregistered in the U.S. ( info taken from the Jan/Feb 2008 edition of the NACLA Report on the Americas pg 5-7)
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