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Students confirm the negative effects of using pesticides in agriculture

Submitted on 13 October 2016 - 1:33am

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Diálogo Digital

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Diálogo Digital

A group of students from the University of Puerto Rico at Cayey carried out a research project to examine the effect of excessive use of pesticides in agriculture. Their research confirmed the negative impact of these substances to health and the natural environment. 

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Transgenics halted in Puerto Rico

Submitted on 20 March 2014 - 12:09pm

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El Nuevo Día

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Gerardo E. Alvarado León / galvarado@elnuevodia.com

Experimentation with new genetically-modified seeds will be banned in government-owned land in Puerto Rico.

 

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