Monsanto, the US corporation that is deemed to function as the world’s most powerful international agricultural conglomerate has come under heavy fire in Latin America for what experts have called the “Devastating Impacts” for the use of their poisonous agrochemicals and genetically modified seeds which are causing havoc in the lives of an incredible number of farmers and dispersing serious ailments across whole communities.
While the American firm is accused of lobbying some regional authorities with millionaire sums to prohibit them from passing essential environmental regulations, some NGOs and political parties are actually fighting a legal fight against the USA giant and have began a campaign to halt its operations in the region.
Latin America is the world’s largest maker of agricultural commodities as well as the market with all the biggest potential increase for the reason that field. Experts say that’s the key reason behind the determined attempts of Monsanto to enlarge its company in the area at any cost. It has confronted setbacks that were legal in Chile and Colombia and Argentine environmental organizations have obtained a favorable opinion from a Federal court.
The European Union and the US has already banned most of the compounds that Monsanto markets in Latin America. But South America of appropriate regulatory policies has turned into a breeding ground for the experiments of this US corporation which reaps unprecedented gains at the cost of the lives of an incredible number of people
Latin American public health officers have reported tens of thousands of cases of other acute diseases, birth defects as well as cancer linked to the use of Monsanto herbicides. After the decision of South American farmers to cut back their production using the Monsanto products along with international protests, its making fall 34% was seen by the United States corporation this past year.
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