Introduction

Pesticides are widely used in producing food. The term pesticide includes ingredients used in products, such as insecticides, fungicides, rodenticides, insect repellants, weed killers, anti-microbial, and swimming pool chemicals, which are designed to prevent, destroy, repel, or reduce pests. Pesticide introduction led to development of the Green Revolution that was and is characterized by intensive use of synthetic chemicals and use of high yielding varieties that are dependent on external synthetic inputs.

Below is a story carried in todays Nation. Please read it and let me know your views. What can we do as consumers?

I imagine this may be a good time to get a petition together to present to the Govt, Ministry of Agriculture and also the local media. If indeed GM products pose health risks, then imagine the scale of problem we could be faced with when we consider maize (maize meal) is our local staple.