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This article makes some rather terrible claims. I've never heard of readersupportednews.org before. Are there similar articles in well-known, respectable publications?

(Note: I'm not claiming the site is disreputable, I've just never heard of the site and want to read more on sites (on in publications) I know.)




Monsanto: The parable of the sower http://www.economist.com/node/14904184


Here's a link from RT.com (Russia Today): https://rt.com/news/monsanto-brazil-seed-soy-908/

I have no idea if they're trustworthy either, but Wikipedia[1] had this to say about them:

> RT is the second most-watched foreign news channel in the United States, after BBC News and the first most-watched news channel worldwide.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RT_%28TV_network%29


RT is most certainly not the most-watched news channel worldwide. That doesn't even make any sense.

RT is, however, a propaganda tool of Putin and friends. I most certainly wouldn't trust their numbers or anything else they publish for that matter.


Please don't quote anything from RT - it's as useful as quoting Gobbles.

While there is a chance it could be true, the association itself makes anything quoted extremely suspect.


Good to know. I had no idea what it was, but it looked more legit than the OP. Wikipedia seemed to back up the idea that it was a proper source, so I linked it.


I don't think you read far enough in the article :)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia_Today#Allegations_of_pro...

It's pretty much a Putin propaganda piece. Don't be mislead by their use of western journalists - they can only parrot the party line or put forward own fringe conspiracy theories.


Pesticide is a leading cause of suicide.

(http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/notes/2006/np24/en/index...)

Farming is, in some countries, a high risk occupation for suicide.

(http://cebmh.warne.ox.ac.uk/csr/resfarmers.html)

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farmers_suicides_in_India)

I agree that the hyperbole of the article is weird.


»Pesticide is a leading cause of suicide

Pesticides are a leading suicide method, not cause. Come on, it's the title of the article you linked to.




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