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Food Security Focus Fuels New Worries Over Crop Chemicals [1]

Scientists, environmentalists and farm advocates are pressing the question about whether rewards of the trend toward using more and more crop chemicals are worth the risks, as the agricultural indu

Publication Date: 
28/03/2012
Carey Gillam [2]
Planet Ark (Australia) [3]
Tags:
Agriculture [4], Food Security [5], Chemical Fertilisers [6], Health Effects [7], Environment [8], Water Pollution [9], Air Pollution [10], Herbicide [11], Pesticides [12], Livestock [13], Seeds [14], GM Crops [15], United States Of America (US) [16], Farmers [17], Insecticide [18]

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[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/carey-gillam
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/planet-ark-australia
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/agriculture
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/food-security
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/chemical-fertilisers
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health-effects
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/environment
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/water-pollution
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/air-pollution
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/herbicide
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/pesticides
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/livestock
[14] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/seeds
[15] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/gm-crops
[16] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/united-states-america-us
[17] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/farmers
[18] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/insecticide