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7. A Poisoned Paradise

Author : Carey Gillam

Published in: Whitewash

Publisher: Island Press/Center for Resource Economics

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The Hawaiian Islands have long been a draw for tourists from around the world. But the year-round climate of warm winds, sunshine, and ample moisture has also made the islands a hot spot for multinational agrochemical and seed companies, which see the tropical environment as an ideal testing ground for a range of new seeds and the chemicals used on them. Corn is the big seed crop, in high demand around the globe. And with the introduction of genetic engineering of corn and other seeds in the mid-1990s has come a broad expansion by the seed and chemical companies across Hawaiian farmland and broad use of glyphosate herbicides.

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Title: A Poisoned Paradise
Author: Carey Gillam
Publisher: Island Press/Center for Resource Economics
Book: Whitewash
Print ISBN: 978-1-61091-923-4

Electronic ISBN: 978-1-61091-833-6

Copyright Year: 2017
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5822/978-1-61091-833-6_8

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