The Toxic Consequences of the Green Revolution
In India, farmers find that benefits of pesticides and herbicides may come at a tragically high cost
Posted July 7, 2008
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Toxic Consequences of Green Revolution
This revelation is significant. It says that the underlying assumptions about the "first" Green Revolution, the means by which developing contries like India were able to finally meet their internal food requirements, were false. Unfortunately, India's burgeoning population is now dependent on them. So, I would guess, is China's. And the USA's, too? Do we blame this on the "first" Green Revolution technology? Personally, I think unchecked population growth is the real cause of what could be a potential Armegeddon. It undermines all solutions to our social problems. Problems grow faster than solutions can be developed and applied.
