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Argentina's bad seeds

by Al Jazeera | 18 Mar 2013

For much of the past decade Argentina has seen a commodities-driven export boom, built largely on genetically-modified soy bean crops and the aggressive use of pesticides.

Argentina's leaders say it has turned the country's economy around, while others say the consequences are a dramatic surge in cancer rates, birth defects and land theft.

 Al Jazeera's People & Power investigates if Argentina's booming soy industry is a disaster in the making.

 

Author: Al Jazeera
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