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October 27, 2012
The Crop That's Linked to Suicide
By j dial
BigAg has now raised over forty million dollars to fight California's attempt to label GM foods. Only two weeks remain before votes decide the issue. Meanwhile, desperately in debt from the cost of genetically engineered seeds and faced with falling yields and the rise of super-weeds, Indian farmers are drinking pesticides to end the pain, the suicide rate among them stacking up alarmingly. "Bitter Seeds" is available on DVD.
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BigAg has now raised over forty million dollars to fight California's attempt to label GM foods. Only two weeks remain before votes decide the issue. Meanwhile, desperately in debt from the cost of genetically engineered seeds and faced with falling yields and the rise of super-weeds, Indian farmers are drinking pesticides to end the pain, the suicide rate among them stacking up alarmingly. "Bitter Seeds" is available on DVD.Schooled in psychology and biomedical illustration, of course I became a medical writer!