ARGENTINA: DEVASTATING CONSEQUENCES OF GMO-BASED INTENSIVE AG ON NATIVE AMPHIBIANS
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Glyphosate exposures caused sublethal effects, reducing mobility in 79% of tadpoles
According the study below, soybean production in South America now covers over 57 million ha, more than on any other continent. The consequences for amphibians have been devastating, as is clear from the study highlights and abstract.
The authors conclude in their study: “Our work has triggered alarm about the detrimental impact of pesticides (insecticides and herbicides) on native amphibians inhabiting the shallow ponds of the richest agricultural lands of South America. We documented effects caused by pesticides on tadpoles which can compromise the viability of populations living in agricultural landscapes. The intensive agricultural model based on the GMO technological package currently applied in South America is expected to.....
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