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  • 2014/11/18 - Monte Maiz, Argentina: Grass is burned with glyphosate on a sidewalk of Monte Maiz. Glyphosate, an highly toxic herbicide, is commonly used to  kill weeds in sidewalks and parks in Monte Maiz, which can easily contaminate the local population.(Eduardo Leal)
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  • 2014/11/18 - Monte Maiz, Argentina: Silos next to the desactivated train station of Monte Maiz. Silos used to store grains are located in the middle of the town of Monte Maiz, causing many respiratory diseases to the residents. Silos used to be built in the town centres because of the easy access to the railway, but for decades the railways in Argentina were deactivated and now trucks transport the crops. Even if they don’t need to be located in the centre of towns is too expensive to move them to another location. (Eduardo Leal)
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  • 2014/11/18 - Monte Maiz, Argentina: Agro-chemicals chucked away on the landfill of Monte Maiz, while people look for cardboard in the garbage to sell. There isn’t any plan to collect or to storage used agro-chemical containers, so they are just sent to the landfill and mixed with normal garbage or chucked away. Many of them still contain residues of the pesticides, which will contaminate the environment, the water of the region and anyone that will enter in contact with it without protection. (Eduardo Leal)
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  • 2014/11/18 - Monte Maiz, Argentina: Claúdio Fuentes (34) and Antónia Alaris (36) with their son Axel David Fuentes (8) in front of the soy field that faces their home in Monte Maiz. Their daughter, Antonella Fuentes, was diagnosed with osteosarcoma, a cancerous bone tumor, at the age of 6. She died a few months later.  The cases of cancer grew exponentially in the area since the introduction of glyphosate on the soy cultivation.  707 <br />
Cancer cases per 100,000 pepople were register by health researchers in the core area of soybean cultivation. These are three times as many  as the national average. (Eduardo Leal)
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  • 2014/11/20 – Monte Maiz, Argentina: Soy plants on an initial stage surrended be lost soya seeds on a field in the Monte Maiz region. Soy is usually seeded in the months of October/November and is harvested in March/April. (Eduardo Leal)
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  • 2014/11/17 - Monte Maiz, Argentina: Residents of Monte Maiz gather at the Pensioners Center to discuss with an agronomist the potential effects that agro-chemicals can have on public health. The cases of cancer grew exponentially in the area since the introduction of glyphosate on the soy cultivation. 707 <br />
Cancer cases per 100,000 pepople were register by health researchers in the core area of soybean cultivation. These are three times as many  as the national average. (Eduardo Leal)
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  • 2014/11/20 – Monte Maiz, Argentina: 22 million hectares of land were planted this year in Argentina with soy. These are two-thirds of the available arable land. A tractor pulls a seeding machine that is dropping soy seeds on a field in the Monte Maiz region. Only one tractor can seed 100 hectares on a single day. Production is almost completely automatized and in many cases with the right machines only one man is needed to do all the work, creating massive unemployment in the area. (Eduardo Leal)
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  • 2014/11/20 – Monte Maiz, Argentina: 22 million hectares of land were planted this year in Argentina with soy. These are two-thirds of the available arable land. A seeding machine seen from behind is dropping soy seeds on a field in the Monte Maiz region. Only one machine like this can seed 100 hectares on a single day. Production is almost completely automoatized and in many cases with the right machines only one man is needed to the all the work, creating massive unemployment in the area. (Eduardo Leal)
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  • 2014/11/18 - Monte Maiz, Argentina: Claúdio Fuentes (34) and Antónia Alaris (36) with their son Axel David Fuentes (8) in front of the soya field that faces their home in Monte Maiz. Their daughter, Antonella Fuentes, was diagnosed with osteosarcoma, a cancerous bone tumor, at the age of 6. She died a few months later.  The cases of cancer grew exponentially in the area since the introduction of glyphosate on the soy cultivation.  707 <br />
Cancer cases per 100,000 pepople were register by health researchers in the core area of soybean cultivation. These are three times as many  as the national average. (Eduardo Leal)
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  • 2014/11/18 - Monte Maiz, Argentina: A “mosquito”, term used to name the machine that pulverizes the glyphosate on the soy cultivation, is parked next to a house in the town of Monte Maiz. Many residents complain that parking pulverization machines and storing chemicals inside town and next to houses grows the risk of cancer and other related diseases. (Eduardo Leal)
    EL__2014_killerbean_02.jpg
  • 2014/11/21 – Monte Maiz, Argentina: A farm in Monte Maiz is flooded after rainfall. Floods are really common nowadays in the region, because the soil can’t absorb much water since pesticides make it harder and less absorvent. Another reason is that soya needs less water than other crops, so the water under the soil its just a mere 30cm from the surface making floods common when rainfalls. (Eduardo Leal)
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  • 2014/11/20 – Monte Maiz, Argentina: A silo bag on a field in the region of Monte Maiz. Silo bags are more economic to storage previous harvests. Each silo can hold from 100 to 200 tones of soy depending on their size. Large scale producers tend to hold on their harvests until the price of soy reachs a satisfiying price, meanwhile small producers can’t hold to them and have to sell it immediately to cover the costs of production. (Eduardo Leal)
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  • 2014/11/20 – Monte Maiz, Argentina: Lines of soy plants grow on a field in the Monte Maiz region. Soy is usually seeded in the months of October/November and is harvested in March/April. (Eduardo Leal)
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  • 2014/11/18 - Monte Maiz, Argentina: Agro-chemicals containers piled in the landfill of Monte Maiz. There isn’t any plan to collect or to storage used agro-chemical containers, so they are just sent to the landfill and mixed with normal garbage or chucked away. Many of them still contain residues of the pesticides, which will contaminate the environment and the water of the region. (Eduardo Leal)
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  • 2014/11/18 - Monte Maiz, Argentina: Agro-chemicals container in the landfill of Monte Maiz. There isn’t any plan to collect or to storage used agro-chemical containers, so they are just sent to the landfill and mixed with normal garbage or chucked away. Many of them still contain residues of the pesticides, which will contaminate the environment and the water of the region. (Eduardo Leal)
    EL__2014_killerbean_13.jpg
  • 2014/11/21 – Monte Maiz, Argentina: A farm in Monte Maiz is flooded after rainfall. Floods are really common nowadays in the region, because the soil can’t absorb much water since pesticides make it harder and less absorvent. Another reason is that soya needs less water than other crops, so the water under the soil its just a mere 30cm from the surface making floods common when rainfalls. (Eduardo Leal)
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  • 2014/11/20 – Monte Maiz, Argentina: A field in Monte Maiz, after being pulverized with glyphosate where no weeds survived, is ready to be used for soy plantation. The seeds of soy are genetic modified so they are able to resist to pesticides like glyphosate. (Eduardo Leal)
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  • 2014/11/18 - Monte Maiz, Argentina: Silos used to store grains are located in the middle of the town of Monte Maiz, causing many respiratory diseases to the residents. Silos used to be built in the town centres because of the easy access to the railway, but for decades the railways in Argentina were deactivated and now trucks transport the crops. Even if they don’t need to be located in the centre of towns is too expensive to move them to another location. (Eduardo Leal)
    EL__2014_killerbean_16.jpg
  • 2014/11/18 - Monte Maiz, Argentina: Agro-chemicals containers piled in the landfill of Monte Maiz. There isn’t any plan to collect or to storage used agro-chemical containers, so they are just sent to the landfill and mixed with normal garbage or chucked away. Many of them still contain residues of the pesticides, which will contaminate the environment and the water of the region. (Eduardo Leal)
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  • 2014/11/18 - Monte Maiz, Argentina: A “mosquito”, term used to name the machine that pulverizes the glyphosate on the soy cultivations, is parked next to the main road in the town of Monte Maiz. Many residents complain that parking pulverization machines inside town and next to houses grows the risk of cancer and other related diseases. (Eduardo Leal)
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  • 2014/11/18 - Monte Maiz, Argentina: A “mosquito”, term used to name the machine that pulverizes the glyphosate on the soy cultivation, is parked next to a house in the town of Monte Maiz. Many residents complain that parking pulverization machines and storing chemicals inside town and next to houses grows the risk of cancer and other related diseases. (Eduardo Leal)
    EL__2014_killerbean_07.jpg
  • 2014/11/20 – Monte Maiz, Argentina: 22 million hectares of land were planted this year in Argentina with soy. These are two-thirds of the available arable land. A tractor pulls a seeding machine that is dropping soy seeds on a field in the Monte Maiz region. Only one tractor can seed 100 hectares on a single day. Production is almost completely automatized and in many cases with the right machines only one man is needed to do all the work, creating massive unemployment in the area. (Eduardo Leal)
    EL__2014_killerbean_31.jpg
  • 2014/11/18 - Monte Maiz, Argentina: Silos used to store grains are located in the middle of the town of Monte Maiz, causing many respiratory diseases to the residents. Silos used to be built in the town centres because of the easy access to the railway, but for decades the railways in Argentina were deactivated and now trucks transport the crops. Even if they don’t need to be located in the centre of towns is too expensive to move them to another location. (Eduardo Leal)
    EL__2014_killerbean_18.jpg
  • 2014/11/18 - Monte Maiz, Argentina: Silos used to store grains are located in the middle of the town of Monte Maiz, causing many respiratory diseases to the residents. Silos used to be built in the town centres because of the easy access to the railway, but for decades the railways in Argentina were deactivated and now trucks transport the crops. Even if they don’t need to be located in the centre of towns is too expensive to move them to another location. (Eduardo Leal)
    EL__2014_killerbean_17.jpg
  • 2014/11/18 - Monte Maiz, Argentina: A “mosquito”, term used to name the machine that pulverizes the glyphosate on the soy cultivation, is parked next to a house in the town of Monte Maiz. Many residents complain that parking pulverization machines and storing chemicals inside town and next to houses grows the risk of cancer and other related diseases. (Eduardo Leal)
    EL__2014_killerbean_03.jpg
  • 2014/11/21 – Monte Maiz, Argentina: A farm in Monte Maiz is flooded after rainfall. Floods are really common nowadays in the region, because the soil can’t absorb much water since pesticides make it harder and less absorvent. Another reason is that soya needs less water than other crops, so the water under the soil its just a mere 30cm from the surface making floods common when rainfalls. (Eduardo Leal)
    EL__2014_killerbean_40.jpg
  • 2014/11/18 - Monte Maiz, Argentina: Agro-chemicals containers piled in the landfill of Monte Maiz, next to a soy field. There isn’t any plan to collect or to storage used agro-chemical containers, so they are just sent to the landfill and mixed with normal garbage or chucked away. Many of them still contain residues of the pesticides, which will contaminate the environment and the water of the region. (Eduardo Leal)
    EL__2014_killerbean_15.jpg
  • 2014/11/18 - Monte Maiz, Argentina: Antónia Alaris (36) sits in her living-room next to an altar in memory to her daughter, Antonella Fuentes, who was diagnosed with osteosarcoma, a cancerous bone tumor, at the age of 6. She died a few months later.  The cases of cancer grew exponentially in the area since the introduction of glyphosate on the soy cultivation.  707 <br />
Cancer cases per 100,000 pepople were register by health researchers in the core area of soybean cultivation. These are three times as many  as the national average. (Eduardo Leal)
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  • 2014/11/20 – Monte Maiz, Argentina: Mr. Domingos (39) checks on the computers of tractor the amount of seeds that are droped by the seeding machine. Mr. Domingos only need to check if everything is going as it was planned and turn the tractor at the end of the field, all the rest is completely computarized. Only one tractor can seed 100 hectares on a single day. Production is almost completely automoatized and in many cases with the right machines only one man is needed to the all the work, creating massive unemployment in the area. (Eduardo Leal)
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  • 2014/11/20 – Monte Maiz, Argentina: Mr. Domingos (39) checks the seeds container on the seeding machine. Only one tractor can seed 100 hectares on a single day. Production is almost completely automatized and in many cases with the right machines only one man is needed to do all the work, creating massive unemployment in the area. (Eduardo Leal)
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  • 2014/11/18 - Monte Maiz, Argentina: Drawing of a child in the hospital made by Axel David Fuentes (8), during the interview with the Fuentes family. Axel Fuentes followed closely the sickness of his sister until the end. His sister, Antonella Fuentes, was diagnosed with osteosarcoma, a cancerous bone tumor, at the age of 6. She died a few months later.  The cases of cancer grew exponentially in the area since the introduction of glyphosate on the soy cultivation.  707 <br />
Cancer cases per 100,000 pepople were register by health researchers in the core area of soybean cultivation. These are three times as many  as the national average. (Eduardo Leal)
    EL__2014_killerbean_06.jpg
  • 2014/11/21 – Monte Maiz, Argentina: A field where soy is usually planted is flooded after rainfall. Floods are really common nowadays in the region, because the soil can’t absorb much water since pesticides make it harder and less absorvent. Another reason is that soy needs less water than other crops, so the water under the soil its just a mere 30cm from the surface making floods common when rainfalls. (Eduardo Leal)
    EL__2014_killerbean_39.jpg
  • 2014/11/21 – Monte Maiz, Argentina: A field where soy is usually planted is flooded after rainfall. Floods are really common nowadays in the region, because the soil can’t absorb much water since pesticides make it harder and less absorvent. Another reason is that soy needs less water than other crops, so the water under the soil its just a mere 30cm from the surface making floods common when rainfalls. (Eduardo Leal)
    EL__2014_killerbean_38.jpg
  • 2014/11/20 – Monte Maiz, Argentina: Mr. Domingos (39) holds soy seeds. This soy seeds are genetic modified and are able to resist to pesticides like glyphosate. (Eduardo Leal)
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  • 2014/11/20 – Monte Maiz, Argentina: A supervisor of the agro-company checks on the field if the machine is dropping the correct measure the seeds. Between seeds usually there is a space of 10 cm. (Eduardo Leal)
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  • 2014/11/19 - Monte Maiz, Argentina: Mayor of Monte Maiz, Dr. Luís Maria Trotte, a former paediatrician, in his office in the Town Hall. The mayor said he has a plan to move and forbid the parking of pulverization machines and agro-chemicals inside the town. He is waiting for the confirmation that the pesticides are the cause of such growth of cancer cases in Monte Maiz. Dr. Luís Maria Trotte was also diagnosed with cancer. (Eduardo Leal)
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  • 2014/11/19 - Monte Maiz, Argentina: Mayor of Monte Maiz, Dr. Luís Maria Trotte, a former paediatrician, in his office in the Town Hall. The mayor said he has a plan to move and forbid the parking of pulverization machines and agro-chemicals inside the town. He is waiting for the confirmation that the pesticides are the cause of such growth of cancer cases in Monte Maiz. Dr. Luís Maria Trotte was also diagnosed with cancer. (Eduardo Leal)
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  • 2014/11/19 - Monte Maiz, Argentina: The cemetery of Monte Maiz was flooded a few weeks before after rainfall. Floods are really common nowadays in the region, because the soil can’t absorb much water since pesticides make it harder and less absorvent. Another reason is that soya needs less water than other crops, so the water under the soil its just a mere 30cm from the surface making floods common when rainfalls. (Eduardo Leal)
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  • 2014/11/19 - Monte Maiz, Argentina: Agro-chemical containers float after a flood on the side of a road in Monte Maiz. Floods are really common nowadays in the region, because the soil can’t absorb much water since pesticides make it harder and less absorvent. Another reason is that soy needs less water than other crops, so the water under the soil its just a mere 30cm from the surface making floods common when rainfalls. (Eduardo Leal)
    EL__2014_killerbean_23.jpg
  • 2014/11/19 - Monte Maiz, Argentina: Agro-chemical containers float after a flood on the side of a road in Monte Maiz. Floods are really common nowadays in the region, because the soil can’t absorb much water since pesticides make it harder and less absorvent. Another reason is that soy needs less water than other crops, so the water under the soil its just a mere 30cm from the surface making floods common when rainfalls. (Eduardo Leal)
    EL__2014_killerbean_22.jpg
  • 2014/11/19 - Monte Maiz, Argentina: A field where soy is usually planted is flooded after rainfall. Floods are really common nowadays in the region, because the soil can’t absorb much water since pesticides make it harder and less absorvent. Another reason is that soya needs less water than other crops, so the water under the soil its just a mere 30cm from the surface making floods common when rainfalls. (Eduardo Leal)
    EL__2014_killerbean_24.jpg
  • 2014/11/19 - Monte Maiz, Argentina: A field where soy is usually planted is flooded after rainfall. Floods are really common nowadays in the region, because the soil can’t absorb much water since pesticides make it harder and less absorvent. Another reason is that soya needs less water than other crops, so the water under the soil its just a mere 30cm from the surface making floods common when rainfalls. (Eduardo Leal)
    EL__2014_killerbean_25.jpg
  • 2015/03/04 – Monte Maiz, Argentina: Soy field on the Manuelita farm in Monte Maiz. The town Monte Maiz was named by the amount of corn that once used to be produced on the region. Nowadays soy cultivation took over and it is rare to see any other crop produced. With the intense production of soy and the usage of agro-chemicals many problems arise, such like respiratory and cancer related diseases and environmental issues like contamination of soil and water reserves. (Eduardo Leal)
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  • 2015/03/04 – Monte Maiz, Argentina: Soy field in Monte Maiz. The town Monte Maiz was named by the amount of corn that once used to be produced on the region. Nowadays soy cultivation took over and it is rare to see any other crop produced. With the intense production of soy and the usage of agro-chemicals many problems arise, such like respiratory and cancer related diseases and environmental issues like contamination of soil and water reserves. (Eduardo Leal)
    EL__2015_killerbean_124.jpg
  • 2015/03/04 – Monte Maiz, Argentina: Soy field on the Manuelita farm in Monte Maiz. The town Monte Maiz was named by the amount of corn that once used to be produced on the region. Nowadays soy cultivation took over and it is rare to see any other crop produced. With the intense production of soy and the usage of agro-chemicals many problems arise, such like respiratory and cancer related diseases and environmental issues like contamination of soil and water reserves. (Eduardo Leal)
    EL__2015_killerbean_133.jpg
  • 2015/03/04 – Monte Maiz, Argentina: Soy leafs in a field of the crop in Monte Maiz. The town Monte Maiz was named by the amount of corn that once used to be produced on the region. Nowadays soy cultivation took over and it is rare to see any other crop produced. With the intense production of soy and the usage of agro-chemicals many problems arise, such like respiratory and cancer related diseases and environmental issues like contamination of soil and water reserves. (Eduardo Leal)
    EL__2015_killerbean_126.jpg
  • 2015/03/03 – Monte Maiz, Argentina: Soy leafs in a field of the crop in Monte Maiz. The town Monte Maiz was named by the amount of corn that once used to be produced on the region. Nowadays soy cultivation took over and it is rare to see any other crop produced. With the intense production of soy and the usage of agro-chemicals many problems arise, such like respiratory and cancer related diseases and environmental issues like contamination of soil and water reserves. (Eduardo Leal)
    EL__2015_killerbean_120.jpg
  • 2015/03/03 – Monte Maiz, Argentina: Daniel, a farmer in the Monte Maiz region rifes his horse on a path now-a-days covered with water. Floods are really common nowadays in the region, because the soil can’t absorb much water since pestifies make it harder and less absorvent. Another reason is that soy needs less water than other crops, so the water under the soil its just a mere 30cm from the surface making floods common when rain falls. (Eduardo Leal)
    EL__2015_killerbean_116.jpg
  • 2015/03/05 – Monte Maiz, Argentina: A plane fumigates a soy field close by the town of Monte Maiz. Residents claim that the aerial pulverizations are one of the many causes for the cases of cancer grow exponentially in the area since the introduction of glyphosate on the soya cultivation. 26,000,000 Liters of pesticides are sprayed in Argentina - which per hectare is ten times more than in the USA.  (Eduardo Leal)
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  • 2015/03/03 – Monte Maiz, Argentina: Agro-chemical containers float after a flood next to a soy field in Monte Maiz. Floods are really common nowadays in the region, because the soil can’t absorb much water since pestifies make it harder and less absorvent. Another reason is that soy needs less water than other crops, so the water under the soil its just a mere 30cm from the surface making floods common when rain falls. (Eduardo Leal)
    EL__2015_killerbean_113.jpg
  • 2015/03/03 – Monte Maiz, Argentina: A field of soy in the area of Monte Maiz, border for signs of recent flood. Nowadays soil can’t absorb much water since pestifies make it harder and less absorvent. Another reason is that soy needs less water than other crops, so the water under the soil its just a mere 30cm from the surface making floods common when rain falls. (Eduardo Leal)
    EL__2015_killerbean_117.jpg
  • 2015/03/05 – Monte Maiz, Argentina: A plane fumigates a soy field close by the town of Monte Maiz. Residents claim that the aerial pulverizations are one of the many causes for the cases of cancer grow exponentially in the area since the introduction of glyphosate on the soya cultivation. 26,000,000 Liters of pesticides are sprayed in Argentina - which per hectare is ten times more than in the USA. (Eduardo Leal)
    EL__2015_killerbean_143.jpg
  • 2015/03/05 – Monte Maiz, Argentina: A plane fumigates a soy field close by the town of Monte Maiz. Residents claim that the aerial pulverizations are one of the many causes for the cases of cancer grow exponentially in the area since the introduction of glyphosate on the soya cultivation. 26,000,000 Liters of pesticides are sprayed in Argentina - which per hectare is ten times more than in the USA.  (Eduardo Leal)
    EL__2015_killerbean_142.jpg
  • 2015/03/05  – Monte Maiz, Argentina: Flooded soy fields on Monte Maiz region.. Floods are really common nowadays in the region, because the soil can’t absorb much water since pestifies make it harder and less absorvent. Another reason is that soy needs less water than other crops, so the water under the soil its just a mere 30cm from the surface making floods common when rain falls. (Eduardo Leal)
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  • 2015/03/05 – Monte Maiz, Argentina: Soybeans on a field of soy in Monte Maiz. The soybean is the part of the plant used in many different aliments for human consumption, to feed animals and even to produce bio-fuel. (Eduardo Leal)
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  • 2015/03/05 – Monte Maiz, Argentina: A “mosquito”, term used to name the machine that pulverizes the glyphosate on the soya cultivation is driven on the roads next to Monte Maiz. Many residents in town complain that parking pulverization machines and storing chemicals inside town and next to houses grows the risk of cancer and other related diseases. (Eduardo Leal)
    EL__2015_killerbean_137.jpg
  • 2015/03/04 – Monte Maiz, Argentina: Soybeans on a field of soy in Monte Maiz. The soybean is the part of the plant used in many different aliments for human consumption, to feed animals and even to produce bio-fuel. (Eduardo Leal)
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  • 2015/03/04 – Monte Maiz, Argentina: Stalk of the plant with soybeans on a field in Monte Maiz. The soybean is the part of the plant used in many different aliments for human consumption, to feed animals and even to produce bio-fuel. (Eduardo Leal)
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  • 2015/03/03 – Monte Maiz, Argentina: A field of soy in the area of Monte Maiz, border for signs of recent flood. Nowadays soil can’t absorb much water since pestifies make it harder and less absorvent. Another reason is that soy needs less water than other crops, so the water under the soil its just a mere 30cm from the surface making floods common when rain falls. (Eduardo Leal)
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  • 2015/03/05 – Monte Maiz, Argentina: Soybeans on a field of soy in Monte Maiz. The soybean is the part of the plant used in many different aliments for human consumption, to feed animals and even to produce bio-fuel. (Eduardo Leal)
    EL__2015_killerbean_139.jpg
  • 2015/03/04 – Monte Maiz, Argentina: Soybeans on a field of soy in Monte Maiz. The soybean is the part of the plant used in many different aliments for human consumption, to feed animals and even to produce bio-fuel. (Eduardo Leal)
    EL__2015_killerbean_131.jpg
  • 2015/03/04 – Monte Maiz, Argentina: Stalk of the plant with soybeans on a field in Monte Maiz. The soybean is the part of the plant used in many different aliments for human consumption, to feed animals and even to produce bio-fuel. (Eduardo Leal)
    EL__2015_killerbean_128.jpg
  • 2015/03/04 – Monte Maiz, Argentina: A silo bag on a soy field in the region of Monte Maiz. Silo bags are more economic to storage previous harvests. Each silo can hold from 100 to 200 tones of soy depending on their size. Large scale producers tend to hold on their harvests until the price of soy reachs a satisfiying price, meanwhile small producers can’t hold to them and have to sell it immediately to cover the costs of production. (Eduardo Leal)
    EL__2015_killerbean_125.jpg
  • 2015/03/03 – Monte Maiz, Argentina: A field of soy in the area of Monte Maiz, border for signs of recent flood. Nowadays soil can’t absorb much water since pestifies make it harder and less absorvent. Another reason is that soy needs less water than other crops, so the water under the soil its just a mere 30cm from the surface making floods common when rain falls. (Eduardo Leal)
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  • 2015/03/03 – Monte Maiz, Argentina: A woman takes her child on a bicycle. Women in Monte Maiz usualy use bicyles on their everyday live. Even with an healthy way of living, the cases of pulmonary diseases and cancer grew expontentially in the region. Many locals believe that it is related with the massive use of agro-chemicals and the intensive production of soy. (Eduardo Leal)
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  • 2015/03/04 – Monte Maiz, Argentina: Flooded road between soy fields on Monte Maiz region.. Floods are really common nowadays in the region, because the soil can’t absorb much water since pestifies make it harder and less absorvent. Another reason is that soy needs less water than other crops, so the water under the soil its just a mere 30cm from the surface making floods common when rain falls. (Eduardo Leal)
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  • 2015/03/03 – Monte Maiz, Argentina: Pesticide containers float on contaminated water between a soy field and the road in Monte Maiz. There isn’t any plan to collect or to storage used agro-chemical containers, so they are just sent to the landfill and mixed with normal garbage or chucked away. Many of them still contain residues of the pesticides, which will contaminate the environment, the water of the region and anyone that will enter in contact with it without protection. (Eduardo Leal)
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  • 2015/03/04 – Monte Maiz, Argentina: Entrance of Manuelita farm, which has 1300 hectares dedicated to the soy plantation. (Eduardo Leal)
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  • 2015/03/05 – Monte Maiz, Argentina: Mauricio Zarate, an agronomist that works on soy plantations walks through a field of the crop.  The soybean is the part of the plant used in many different aliments for human consumption, to feed animals and even to produce bio-fuel. (Eduardo Leal)
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  • 2015/03/04 – Monte Maiz, Argentina: Butterfly Spilosoma Viginica on soy leafs. The worm of this butterfly, commonly known as 'Hairy Cat', is one of the plagues to the soy leaf. At the moment, the butterly and its worm are not a problem since the plant has already completed its cycle. Plagues like this are usually controlled by agro-chemicals such as glisofato. (Eduardo Leal)
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  • 2015/03/04 – Monte Maiz, Argentina: Mauricio Zarate, an agronomist that works on soy plantations shows on his hand soybeans closed and open. The soybean is the part of the plant used in many different aliments for human consumption, to feed animals and even to produce bio-fuel. (Eduardo Leal)
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  • 2015/03/03 – Monte Maiz, Argentina: A man rides a tricycle on a path now-a-days covered with water. Floods are really common nowadays in the region, because the soil can’t absorb much water since pestifies make it harder and less absorvent. Another reason is that soy needs less water than other crops, so the water under the soil its just a mere 30cm from the surface making floods common when rain falls. (Eduardo Leal)
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  • 2015/03/04 – Monte Maiz, Argentina: A silo in Mauelita farm where crops like soybeans are stored before they are sold. The soybean is the part of the plant used in many different aliments for human consumption, to feed animals and even to produce bio-fuel. (Eduardo Leal)
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