Environmental

Genetically Engineered Crops Fail to Increase Yields and Reduce Pesticide Use, Exposé Reveals

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 1, 2016.  A report published this weekend in The New York Times finds that the shift to genetically engineered (GE) crops in the United States and Canada over the past two decades has increased the use of pesticides in North America, and failed to produce any significant yield increases. When the technology was first introduced, multinational agrichemical companies claimed just the opposite would occur- yields would spike and pesticide use would be minimized.…

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