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  • 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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  • 2015/03/05 – 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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  • 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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  • 2014/11/18 - 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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  • 2014/11/18 - 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)
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  • 2015/03/06 – Km 215 between Rosário and Buenos Aires, Argentina: Visitors to the Expo Agro fair walk around the fair area. (Eduardo Leal)
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  • 2015/03/06 – Km 215 between Rosário and Buenos Aires, Argentina: Visitors to the Expo Agro fair are seen during the presentation of a new agriculture machinery. (Eduardo Leal)
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  • 2015/03/06 – Km 215 between Rosário and Buenos Aires, Argentina: Farmers look at “a mosquito”, used to apply agro-chemicals in agriculture fields like soy, on the Expo Agro fair, where producers have the change to see new lines of  agriculture machinery.  (Eduardo Leal)
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  • 2015/03/06 – Km 215 between Rosário and Buenos Aires, Argentina: Farmers look at “a mosquito”, used to apply agro-chemicals in agriculture fields like soy, on the Expo Agro fair, where producers have the change to see new lines of  agriculture machinery.  (Eduardo Leal)
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  • 2015/03/06 – San Lorenzo, Argentina: At the laboratory of the Oil-chemical plant at Terminal 6 of the General San Martín Port, small bottles exemplify  the process from crude oil, is refined into neutral oil and with methanol turned into biodisel or glycerin. Terminal 6 has a annual production of 60,000 tons of glycerin. It’s production of 500,000 tons of biodisel per year, represents 30% of all the production in Argentina. (Eduardo Leal)
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  • 2015/03/06 – San Lorenzo, Argentina: Tanks where biodisel is stored at Terminal 6 of the General San Martín Port. Nowdays it is one of the biggest park of tanks in Latin America, being able to store 250,000 tons of biodisel. Terminal 6 has a annual production of 500,000 tons of biodisel per year, which represents 30% of all the production in Argentina. (Eduardo Leal)
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  • 2015/03/06 – San Lorenzo, Argentina: Trucks await for their turn to be weighted and have the quality of their cargo checked at Terminal 6 of the General San Martín Port.  Around 1,300 trucks deliver grains at Terminal 6, representing 40,000 tons a day, which is half of the capacity that the port can recive in one single day. Terminal 6 is the largest of its kind in South America where 80,000 tons per day are received by trucks, trains and boats. The grains are then process at the plant located at the port and then shipped worldwide. (Eduardo Leal)
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  • 2015/03/06 – San Lorenzo, Argentina: A worker checks the consitency of  soybeans inside the testing office at Terminal 6 of the General San Martín Port. These is done to understand the quality of the grains delivered and the value of the cargo, previously hoovered from a truck. Around 1,300 trucks deliver grains at Terminal 6, representing 40,000 tons a day, which is half of the capacity that the port can recive in one single day. Terminal 6 is the largest of its kind in South America where 80,000 tons per day are received by trucks, trains and boats. The grains are then process at the plant located at the port and then shipped worldwide. (Eduardo Leal)
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  • 2015/03/06 – San Lorenzo, Argentina: A hoover collects a small sample from a truck filled with soybean on Terminal 6 of the General San Martín Port. This is done to understand the quality of the grains delivered and the value of the cargo. Around 1,300 trucks deliver grains at Terminal 6, representing 40,000 tons a day, which is half of the capacity that the port can recive in one single day. Terminal 6 is the largest of its kind in South America where 80,000 tons per day are received by trucks, trains and boats. The grains are then process at the plant located at the port and then shipped worldwide. (Eduardo Leal)
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  • 2015/03/06 – San Lorenzo, Argentina: Soybeans are stored in cells before they are crushed at processing plant in Terminal 6 of the General San Martín Port. There are 15 cells and 15 silos in the port with a storage capacity of 1,6 million tons. On average per day 8 boats discharge their content in the port, corresponding to 14,000 tons. Terminal 6 is the largest of its kind in South America where 80,000 tons per day are received by trucks, trains and boats. The grains are then process at the plant located at the port and then shipped worldwide. (Eduardo Leal)
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  • 2015/03/06 – San Lorenzo, Argentina: Giant conveyor belts conduct soy grains from the boats to the processing plant at Terminal 6 of the General San Martín Port. On average 8 boats discharge their content in the port, corresponding to 14,000 tons a day. Terminal 6 is the largest of its kind in South America where 80,000 tons per day are received by trucks, trains and boats. The grains are then process at the plant located at the port and then shipped worldwide. (Eduardo Leal)
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  • 2015/03/06 – San Lorenzo, Argentina: A power shovel collects soy grains from a boat parked, so they can be processed on the plant at Terminal 6 of the General San Martín Port, located on Paraná river. On average  8 boats discharge their content in the port, corresponding to 14,000 tons a day. Terminal 6 is the largest of its kind in South America where 80,000 tons per day are received by trucks, trains and boats. The grains are then process at the plant located at the port and then shipped worldwide. (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)
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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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  • 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 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: 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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  • 2015/03/04 – Monte Maiz, Argentina: Entrance of Manuelita farm, which has 1300 hectares dedicated to the soy plantation. (Eduardo Leal)
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  • 2015/03/03 – 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)
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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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  • 2015/03/03 – 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)
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  • 2014/11/24 – El Colorado, Argentina: Jorge Gomez (51) in his house with his wife. Jorge is what you can call the Mayor of the El Colorado village, close to Quimili in Santiago de Estero Province. He is also a farmer but doesn’t support the massive soy cultivation, since he claims it is destroying the soils and their future, and also getting everyone in the village ill because of the fumigations with glysophate. El Colorado is surrounded by soy fields and most of the population is depent on them to make a living. (Eduardo Leal)
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  • 2014/11/24 – El Colorado, Argentina: Marta (58) and Victoria (57) Ibarra are sisters and also the teachers of Primary School of El Colorado. They are against the soya cultivation and the usage of the glysophate on the fields. They are fighting against it for years, which they claim it is a tough process but slowly they are managing to win some support to their cause. They managed that airplanes stop fumigating close to the village. Unlike most people of El Colorado, they can speak about it because their income doesn’t depend on the soy cultivation, like most of the village population. (Eduardo Leal)
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  • 2014/11/24 – El Colorado, Argentina: Jorge Gomez (51) is what you can call the Mayor of the El Colorado village, close to Quimili in Santiago de Estero Province. He is also a farmer but doesn’t support the massive soy cultivation, since he claims it is destroying the soils and their future, and also getting everyone in the village ill because of the fumigations with glysophate. El Colorado is surrounded by soya fields and most of the population is depent on them to make a living. (Eduardo Leal)
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  • 2014/11/24 – El Colorado, Argentina: Jorge Gomez (51) is what you can call the Mayor of the El Colorado village, close to Quimili in Santiago de Estero Province. He is also a farmer but doesn’t support the massive soy cultivation, since he claims it is destroying the soils and their future, and also getting everyone in the village ill because of the fumigations with glysophate. El Colorado is surrounded by soya fields and most of the population is depent on them to make a living. (Eduardo Leal)
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  • 2014/11/23 – Quimili, Argentina: Farm Santo António owned by Reiter & Söhne S.R.L. Many of the soy farms are owned by foreign companies that have headquarters in the capital of Argentina, Buenos Aires. Once national and foreign companies realize the margin of profit that could be made with soy, they start investing heavily in acquiring massive portions of land from high fertile region of Cordoba to the swapzone of Santiago de Estero Province. (Eduardo Leal)
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  • 2014/11/23 – Quimili, Argentina: From left to right, members of the Guaycurú Indigenous Community: Raúl Eduardo Leal (56),  Pedro Campos (50),  Jorge Orellano (54), Basualdo Orellano (48) and Paulo Esteban (48) sit on some cut down trees where current deforestation  is taking place around the Bajo Hondo community. They say that in a few weeks all that forest will be replaced by more cultivation fields. The region around Quimili on the Santiago Estero Province is being vastly converted from forestland into fields to produce soya, detroying the habitats for local species and indigenous people. (Eduardo Leal)
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  • 2014/11/23 – Quimili, Argentina: Members of the Guaycurú Indigenous Community walk through a path in the forest made by a bulldozer. The process of deforestation consists in create small alleys on the forest which allows then to clear the vegetation easily. The region around Quimili on the Santiago Estero Province is being vastly converted from forestland into fields to produce soy, detroying the habitats for local species and indigenous people. (Eduardo Leal)
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  • 2014/11/23 – Quimili, Argentina: A forest in the area of the Guaycurú Indigenous Community of Bajo Hondo is being chopped down in order to create space for cultivation fields, which most of them are exclusively for soy plantations. The region around Quimili on the Santiago Estero Province is being vastly converted from forestland into fields to produce soy, detroying the habitats for local species and indigenous people. (Eduardo Leal)
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  • 2014/11/23 – Quimili, Argentina: Juan Yedro (44) drinks mate, a traditional South American caffeine-rich infused drink while he spends time with his daughters Jenny Yedro (7) and Janet Yedro (2) at his home in allotment 4 of the Guaycurú Indigenous Community. The people in the area are being threaten by soy producers that see their land as an opportunity to grow more of the crop. On the otherhand indigenous defend a sustainable agriculture and to live in harmony with the nature. (Eduardo Leal)
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  • 2014/11/23 – Quimili, Argentina: Raúl Eduardo Leal (56) talks with member of his community Paulo Esteban (48) and Juan Yedro (44) at his house on the Guaycurú Indigenous Community of Bajo Hondo. He complains how the soy producers are deforestation the area around his community. The region around Quimili on the Santiago Estero Province is being vastly converted from forestland into fields to produce soy, detroying the habitats for local species and indigenous people. (Eduardo Leal)
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  • 2014/11/23 – Quimili, Argentina: A field without life, only the far away trees are proof that once on this meadow existed a forest and abundant wildlife. Every tree was chopped down to give space to cultivation fields, which mostly are for soy. The white wastage on the ground are rests of cotton that was previously grown. Farmers need to rotate crops in order to keep the sustainability of the soil. (Eduardoa Leal)
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  • 2014/11/23 – Quimili, Argentina: A field without life, only a couple of trees are proof that once on this meadow existed a forest and abundant wildlife. All was chopped down to give space to cultivation fields, which mostly are for soy. The white wastage on the ground are rests of cotton that was previously grown. Farmers need to rotate crops in order to keep the sustainability of the soil. (Eduardoa Leal)
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  • 2014/11/23 – Quimili, Argentina: Salto Rosa Graciela (41) and her daughter Carina Maribel Salto (15), suffer both of health problems due to the soya plantantions close to their house in the allotment number 4 of the Guaycurú Indigenous Community. Many health related illness like cancer, respiratory diseases and suddenly abortions accur in areas where soy is cultivated. (Eduardo Leal)
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  • 2014/11/23 – Quimili, Argentina: Salto Rosa Graciela (41), talks about her health problems due to the soy plantantions close to her house in the allotment number 4 of the Guaycurú Indigenous Community. Many health related illness like cancer, respiratory diseases and suddenly abortions accur in areas where soy is cultivated. (Eduardo Leal)
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  • 2014/11/22 – Quimili, Argentina: One of the houses in the allotment number 5 of the Guaycurú Indigenous Community. Many of the Guaycurú population still live in a traditional way with houses made of cob, a mixture of compressed clay and straw and surrounded by animals. (Eduardo Leal)
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  • 2014/11/22 – Quimili, Argentina: Santo Ramón Gonzales (35), talks during a community meeting of the allotment number 5 of the Guaycurú Indigenous Community. He complains that soy producers are doing everything they can to expel his community out of their land. He says they use many different tactics like: pulverize their homes, fields and animals with glyphosate, threatening them with weapons and even claim with fake paperwork that they own the land. The indigenous people in the area are being threaten by soy producers that see their land as an opportunity to grow more of the crop. On the otherhand indigenous defend a sustainable agriculture and to live in harmony with the nature. (Eduardo Leal)
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  • 2014/11/22 – Quimili, Argentina: Santo Ramón Gonzales (35), sits on his backyard. He complains that soy producers are doing everything they can to expel his community out of their land. He says they use many different tactics like: pulverize their homes, fields and animals with glyphosate, threatening them with weapons and even claim with fake paperwork that they own the land. The indigenous people in the area are being threaten by soy producers that see their land as an opportunity to grow more of the crop. On the otherhand indigenous defend a sustainable agriculture and to live in harmony with the nature. (Eduardo Leal)
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  • 2014/11/22 – Quimili, Argentina: Santo Ramón Gonzales (35), sits on his backyard. He complains that soy producers are doing everything they can to expel his community out of their land. He says they use many different tactics like: pulverize their homes, fields and animals with glyphosate, threatening them with weapons and even claim with fake paperwork that they own the land. The indigenous people in the area are being threaten by soy producers that see their land as an opportunity to grow more of the crop. On the otherhand indigenous defend a sustainable agriculture and to live in harmony with the nature. (Eduardo Leal)
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  • 2014/11/22 – Quimili, Argentina: A wooden woven where the family of Mrs. Simone Rodriguez cooks the family meals everyday. Many of the Guaycurú population still live in a traditional way with houses made of cob, a mixture of compressed clay and straw and surrounded by animals. They are mostly farmers and hunters. (Eduardo Leal)
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  • 2014/11/22 – Quimili, Argentina: The entry of one of the houses in the allotment number 5 of the Guaycurú Indigenous Community. Many of the Guaycurú population still live in a traditional way with houses made of cob, a mixture of compressed clay and straw and surrounded by animals. (Eduardo Leal)
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  • 2014/11/22 – Quimili, Argentina: The entry of one of the houses in the allotment number 5 of the Guaycurú Indigenous Community. Many of the Guaycurú population still live in a traditional way with houses made of cob, a mixture of compressed clay and straw and surrounded by animals. (Eduardo Leal)
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  • 2014/11/22 – Quimili, Argentina: Lautero Carrizo (8), plays with an iguana in the backyard of his house at allotment number 5 of the Guaycurú Indigenous Community. People in the region considers iguanas a tidbit, which make them widely appreciated. (Eduardo Leal)
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  • 2014/11/22 – Quimili, Argentina: A doll sits on top of containers with gasoline. Children play freely in the Guaycurú Indigenous Community, but sometimes dangerous are closer than you will imagine. (Eduardo Leal)
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  • 2014/11/22 – Quimili, Argentina: Gonzalo Carrizo (14) holds a Tucura, or giant lobster, as local people commonly call it. The Tucura’s are a huge plague that is eating most of the endemic plants of the region. Simone Dominguez (67), claims that they came with the soya inside of a trucks. Until 14 years ago there weren’t any giant lobsters in the region. (Eduardo Leal)
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  • 2014/11/22 – Quimili, Argentina: Simone Dominguez (67) speaks with her daughter, Fabiana Carrizo (40) regarding the airplanes used to pulverize her house with glyphosate, in order to make her feel unsafe and to force her to abandon the land where she lives at allotment number 5 of the Guaycurú Indigenous Community. The indigenous people in the area are being threaten by soy producers that see their land as an opportunity to grow more of the crop. On the otherhand indigenous defend a sustainable agriculture and to live in harmony with the nature. (Eduardo Leal)
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  • 2014/11/22- Quimili, Argentina: A poster on the headquarters of the National Movement of Indigenous Farmers (MOCASE) in Quimili, shows how the intensive soya agriculture is a danger to the life of the people. MOCASE is association that fights the intensive agriculture that is happening in Argentina, the despoil of indigenous people of their land and the destruction of forests and wildlife areas. They defend a more sustainable agriculture process. (Eduardo Leal)
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  • 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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  • 2014/11/21 – 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)
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  • 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)
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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: 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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  • 2014/11/18 - 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: 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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  • 2014/11/17 - 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 2014/11/20 – 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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  • 2014/11/18 - 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)
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  • 2015/03/06 – Km 215 between Rosário and Buenos Aires, Argentina: Farmers look at “a mosquito”, used to apply agro-chemicals in agriculture fields like soy, on the Expo Agro fair, where producers have the change to see new lines of  agriculture machinery.  (Eduardo Leal)
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  • 2015/03/06 – San Lorenzo, Argentina: Oil-chemical plant at  Terminal 6 of the General San Martín Port, where husk pellets and protein flour are turned intobiodisel and glycerin. Terminal 6 has a annual production of 60,000 tons of glycerin. It’s production of 500,000 tons of biodisel per year, represents 30% of all the production in Argentina. (Eduardo Leal)
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  • 2015/03/06 – San Lorenzo, Argentina: Crown plant at  Terminal 6 of the General San Martín Port, where soybeans are grinded and turned into flours and other products. The plant has a capacity to grind 12,000 tons a day. (Eduardo Leal)
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  • 2015/03/06 – San Lorenzo, Argentina: A worker checks the consitency of  soybeans inside the testing office at Terminal 6 of the General San Martín Port. These is done to understand the quality of the grains delivered and the value of the cargo, previously hoovered from a truck. Around 1,300 trucks deliver grains at Terminal 6, representing 40,000 tons a day, which is half of the capacity that the port can recive in one single day. Terminal 6 is the largest of its kind in South America where 80,000 tons per day are received by trucks, trains and boats. The grains are then process at the plant located at the port and then shipped worldwide. (Eduardo Leal)
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  • 2015/03/06 – San Lorenzo, Argentina: Trucks await for their turn to be weighted and have the quality of their cargo checked at Terminal 6 of the General San Martín Port.  Around 1,300 trucks deliver grains at Terminal 6, representing 40,000 tons a day, which is half of the capacity that the port can recive in one single day. Terminal 6 is the largest of its kind in South America where 80,000 tons per day are received by trucks, trains and boats. The grains are then process at the plant located at the port and then shipped worldwide. (Eduardo Leal)
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  • 2015/03/06 – San Lorenzo, Argentina: Inside the testing office at Terminal 6 of the General San Martín Port,  a machine called Gac2100, evaluates the humidity of a sample of the grains, previously hoovered from a truck. More humidity means more wait and less quality of the soybeans. This is done to understand the quality of the grains delivered and the value of the cargo. Around 1,300 trucks deliver grains at Terminal 6, representing 40,000 tons a day, which is half of the capacity that the port can recive in one single day. Terminal 6 is the largest of its kind in South America where 80,000 tons per day are received by trucks, trains and boats. The grains are then process at the plant located at the port and then shipped worldwide. (Eduardo Leal)
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  • 2015/03/06 – San Lorenzo, Argentina: Trucks filled with soybeans await for the quality of their cargo to be inspected and their weighted, on Terminal 6 of the General San Martín Port. This is done to understand the quality of the grains delivered and the value of the cargo. Around 1,300 trucks deliver grains at Terminal 6, representing 40,000 tons a day, which is half of the capacity that the port can recive in one single day. Terminal 6 is the largest of its kind in South America where 80,000 tons per day are received by trucks, trains and boats. The grains are then process at the plant located at the port and then shipped worldwide. (Eduardo Leal)
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  • 2015/03/06 – San Lorenzo, Argentina: Giant conveyor belts conduct soy grains from the boats to the processing plant at Terminal 6 of the General San Martín Port. On average 8 boats discharge their content in the port, corresponding to 14,000 tons a day. Terminal 6 is the largest of its kind in South America where 80,000 tons per day are received by trucks, trains and boats. The grains are then process at the plant located at the port and then shipped worldwide. (Eduardo Leal)
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  • 2015/03/06 – San Lorenzo, Argentina: A boat docked at the boat waiting to be loaded with grains at Terminal 6 of the General San Martín Port, located on Paraná river. On average 8 boats discharge their content in the port, corresponding to 14,000 tons a day. Terminal 6 is the largest of its kind in South America where 80,000 tons per day are received by trucks, trains and boats. The grains are then process at the plant located at the port and then shipped worldwide. (Eduardo Leal)
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  • 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: 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: 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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  • 2015/03/04 – 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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  • 2015/03/04 – 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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  • 2015/03/04 – 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)
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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)
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  • 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)
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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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  • 2015/03/03 – 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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  • 2015/03/03 – 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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  • 2015/03/03 – 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)
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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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  • 2014/11/24 – Santiago de Estero Province, Argentina: A field fumigated with glysophate, where nothing lives inclusive the surrounding trees. Only the soy seeds which were genetic modified can survive to the pestice. (Eduardo Leal)
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  • 2014/11/24 – El Colorado, Argentina: Marta (58) and Victoria (57) Ibarra are sisters and also the teachers of Primary School of El Colorado. They are against the soya cultivation and the usage of the glysophate on the fields. They are fighting against it for years, which they claim it is a tough process but slowly they are managing to win some support to their cause. They managed that airplanes stop fumigating close to the village. Unlike most people of El Colorado, they can speak about it because their income doesn’t depend on the soy cultivation, like most of the village population. (Eduardo Leal)
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  • 2014/11/23 – Quimili, Argentina: The contrast of two realities. On the left side a cultivation field fumigated with glyphosate with no life is ready to be planted with soy seeds and on right side a piece of land owned by the indigenous community with a pristine forest.  The region around Quimili on the Santiago Estero Province is being vastly converted from forestland into fields to produce soy, detroying the habitats for local species and indigenous people. (Eduardo Leal)
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  • 2014/11/23 – Quimili, Argentina: Raúl Eduardo Leal (56), a member of the Guaycurú Indigenous Community of Bajo Hondo, shows parts of the deforestation around his community. He told that in a few weeks all that forest will be replaced by more cultivation fields. The region around Quimili on the Santiago Estero Province is being vastly converted from forestland into fields to produce soy, detroying the habitats for local species and indigenous people. (Eduardo Leal)
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