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For 60 years cotton farmers have fought the war against bugs on their crops with chemicals. Pesticides were sprayed 9 - 11 times per crop until recently when chemical residue was discovered in export beef. The industry now stands accused of polluting waterways and causing health problems with its sp...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: James, Megan (Narrator, Producer)
Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:This edition in English.
Published: Sydney, New South Wales : ABC Commercial, 2013.
Series:Quantum
VAST: academic video online
Subjects:
Cotton > Research.
Crops > Effect of pesticides on.
Transgenic plants.
Waterways > Effect of pesticides on.
Coton > Recherche.
Cultures > Effets des pesticides sur.
Plantes transgéniques.
Voies navigables > Effets des pesticides sur.
Cotton > Research
Transgenic plants
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Summary:For 60 years cotton farmers have fought the war against bugs on their crops with chemicals. Pesticides were sprayed 9 - 11 times per crop until recently when chemical residue was discovered in export beef. The industry now stands accused of polluting waterways and causing health problems with its spray drift. Bt Cotton, a genetically modified breed of cotton that exudes its own natural chemical, promises a way off the chemical treadmill. But is it the solution it's promised to be?
Item Description:Title from resource description page (viewed July 10, 2014).
Physical Description:1 online resource (27 min.).
Playing Time:00:27:38