Since 2008, Brazil has been the world’s #1 pesticide consumer. Many of the herbicides, fungicides and pesticides used there are prohibited almost everywhere else in the world due to the risk they pose to human health and the environment. The workers who handle the poisons daily and the inhabitants of the countryside bear the brunt of Brazil’s high consumption. But the profit continues to grow, and so does the pesticide industry…
Since 2008, Brazil has been the world’s #1 pesticide consumer. Many of the herbicides, fungicides and pesticides used there are prohibited almost everywhere else in the world due to the risk they pose to human health and the environment. The workers who handle the poisons daily and the inhabitants of the countryside bear the brunt of Brazil’s high consumption. But the profit continues to grow, and so does the pesticide industry…