Pesticide use ramping up as GMO crop technology backfires: study
Monday, October 1, 2012 - 20:30
in Mathematics & Economics
(Reuters) - U.S. farmers are using more hazardous pesticides to fight weeds and insects due largely to heavy adoption of genetically modified crop technologies that are sparking a rise of "superweeds" and hard-to-kill insects, according to a newly released study.