Children Suffer Genetic Damage from Pesticides in Argentina GM Soy Region

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By noreply@blogger.com (Activist)

Children exposed to pesticides sprayed in a GM soy-producing region of Argentina have genetic damage, a team of researchers from the National University of Río Cuarto, Cordoba (UNRC), found in a new study.

Sources: Media article in Spanish: www.lavoz.com.ar ; Study in English: www.scielo.org.ar

The study compared 50 children living in the town of Marcos Juárez (Córdoba) at different distances from pesticide-sprayed areas with 25 children from the city of Río Cuarto (Córdoba), who were considered not to be exposed to pesticides.

Genetic damage in the group of exposed children in Marcos Juárez was 44% higher than …read more

Read more here: Natural Blaze

    

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