Monsanto’s role in Indian farmer suicides- it is alleged that many suicides have been triggered by failures of Monsanto GM cotton. This is “boll worm” resistant, with genes from Bacillus thuringiensis; known as “bt”.
GM cotton must have irrigation, and now that boll worms are resistant to the bt toxin, must be sprayed with insecticides; and seed cannot be saved, but must be bought each year, at prices about 4x that for natural cotton seed.
When it works, the crop looks wonderful. When it fails, the farmer cannot pay all the debts.
Monsanto says no, you don’t understand, it’s not our fault. Loudly. Monsanto is immensely powerful and spends millions on “defense”- speaking out against them is not recommended.
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