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Sep 21, 2020 • 4 tweets • 3 min read • Read on X
This new book looks good: Seeds of Power: Environmental Injustice and Genetically Modified Soybeans in Argentina dukeupress.edu/seeds-of-power Also partly open access via google books.google.de/books?id=Uvr6D… #gmo
"Soybeans have replaced traditional crops … leading to food insecurity. The expansion of the agrarian frontier into the northern Chaco has prompted rapid and wide-scale deforestation that has devastated ecosystems and threatened livelihoods."—Amalia Leguizamón #seedsofpower #gmo
"Violence against peasant & indigenous communities is escalating. The health hazards of agrochemical exposure are also on the rise. Across rural towns, Argentine doctors have documented increasing occurrences of leukemia, cancer, miscarriages and malformations in newborns." #gmo
.@dr_leguizamon also shows how #GMO soy operates as a tool of power to obtain consent, to legitimate injustice & quell potential dissent. Agribusiness, the state & their media/scientist allies deploy narratives of redistribution, expertise & national identity to elicit compliance

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