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Soy is not a recent crop in Argentina. According to Guillermo Cadenazzi, there are records of crops in the early twentieth century, by the middle of the century there were less than 1000 hectares cultivated. Already in the 1980s it was one of the main crops, with approximately 2.040.000 hectares and by 2008 the area sown exceeded 16 million hectares, that is, 50% of the cultivated area of \u200b\u200bthe country and the only crop in many provinces. Starting in 1996, in Argentina not only soybean cultivation increased, but also the use of agrochemicals such as glyphosate, the active substance of the herbicides most used in transgenic crops.<\/span><\/p>\n

The photographer <\/span>Pablo Piovano<\/b> began to hear in 2014 about the effects that the use of agrotoxines such as glyphosate had on people. After talking to some colleagues, he decided to go on a trip. The first house he visited was that of Fabi\u00e1n Tomasi, who was already one of the most critical activists of the use of agrotoxines such as glyphosate and who died in 2018 from diseases caused by his contact with agrochemicals.<\/span><\/p>\n

Pablo found out little by little. In 1996, the Argentine state approved in a process that was too fast and, according to some journalists, amid some irregularities, the use of glyphosate-resistant transgenic soybeans. 80% of the texts in the file are in English and despite requests for reports on possible health effects and it use in other countries, the state approved the use of the seeds.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Since 1996, \u201cArgentina turned into a\u00a0 testing territory. 370 million liters of agrochemicals. 22 millions hectares have already been sown with transgenic seeds, this represents 60% of the country’s arable landmass. In some towns on less than a decade pediatric cancer cases have been tripled. Early abortions and unexplained birth defects has also dramatically increased to 400%. A preliminary collection of data on the sprayed villages with glyphosate says that 13,4 millions of people are afected.”<\/span><\/p>\n

The former quote is part of a short documentary that Pablo made. On that first trip, he spent 4 days at Fabi\u00e1n Tomasi’s home, who helped him build a route that he has followed ever since. In 2017 he published the book The Human Cost of Agrotoxines<\/em> which documents the consequences and impact of the use of these substances on human beings for the last 20 years in Argentina. To do so, he toured the provinces of Chaco, Entre R\u00edos and Misiones. He visited families, towns, organizations, made friends and supported processes.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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