Argentine GM soya town bans pesticides
Argentine GM soya town bans pesticides
Claire Robinson / GMWatch
14th July 2015
The Council of Monte Maiz, a small town in Argentina surrounded by intensive GMO soya farms, has enacted a law that forbids the spraying and storage of pesticides and other agrochemicals after severe health impacts were detected.
The Legislative Council of the town of Monte Maiz in Cordoba, Argentina, last week unanimously approved the first six of 28 articles of a new by-law that sets limits on the spraying of pesticides and bans the storage of agrochemicals in the town.
The town is in a region that grows GM herbicide-tolerant soy and maize, which is sprayed liberally with Roundup / glyphosate and other herbicides, together with pesticides including the highly toxic chlorpyrifos.
City Council President Ignacio Silva said, "Although legal sanctions have not yet been completed, what happened yesterday was a crucial step because we voted through these six points unanimously. This shows that awareness has been generated in all the people and that all sectors are unified in the determination to improve people's lives in Monte Maiz."
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