date:Mar 27, 2014
razil, there are signs of increased use of older and more toxic herbicides in the soybean crop. For example, imports of the toxic herbicide paraquat have increased strongly the last years and there are reports of growing use of paraquat and 2,4-D in soybean regions.
This massive use of herbicide in Brazil and the U.S. is also now affecting the water and air we breathe.
Last year glyphosate, the main ingredient in Monsantos Round Up, was found consistently in water and air samples gathered in t