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MST Informa #191: Summary of the past year and perspectives for 2012

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MST Informa newsletter
Original Publish Date: 
Dec 22 2011 (All day)

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The year is ending and again we have the feeling of accomplishment for all the struggles, activities, and alliances that we’ve built and engaged in with all the various sectors of the working class. In another difficult year we had to carry out great struggles against agribusiness that continues its offensive against our lands, natural resources, and public investments.

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CTNBio approves release of transgenic soya; entities protest

  • Agribusiness
  • Agritoxins
  • GMOs
  • Seed Control
Info Source: 
Maria Mello, MST
Original Publish Date: 
Sep 15 2011 (All day)

With 15 votes, five requests for diligence and two abstentions, the National Technical Commission on Biosafety (CTNBio) approved on the Fejaomorning of Thursday (September 15, 2011), the commercial release of transgenic soya, developed by researchers at Embrapa [Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation].

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If Bayer itself is not good: it’s the chemical warfare agents, pesticides and heroin

  • Agribusiness
  • Agritoxins
  • Neoliberalism
Info Source: 
Blog Sprout
Original Publish Date: 
Sep 8 2011 (All day)

bayer poisonEverywhere in the world large multinationals determine the political game. One of the biggest global players is Bayer AG, present in all countries. The former subsidiaries of IG Farben (BASF, Bayer and Hoechst) dominate the European chemical industry and have an annual volume of 90 billion euros. No government or political institution, can escape the influence of this powerful mechanism.
 

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The Guarani Aquifer is Contaminated by Agritoxins

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Info Source: 
DCI -- Diario Comercio Industria
Original Publish Date: 
May 17 2011 (All day)

aquiferThe Guarani aquifer, the source of 100% of the water serving Riberao Preto, a city in the northeast of Sao Paulo state located 313km from the state capital, is threatened by herbicides.

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Campaign against Agritoxins to be launched in Juazeiro, Bahia

  • Agritoxins
Info Source: 
From the Popular Educommunicators Network of the Vale do São Francisco
Original Publish Date: 
Jul 27 2011 (All day)

toxinsBy Luís Osete

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Sales of pesticides increase in Brazil

  • Agribusiness
  • Agritoxins
  • Food Sovereignty and Sustainability
  • Monoculture
Info Source: 
Radioagencia, NP
Original Publish Date: 
Jul 29 2011 (All day)

 sprayingBy Vivian Fernandes

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