Yesterday I reported that chemicals being used in Brazil’s water were being linked to Microcephalyby a group of Argentinian Doctors. That chemical, larvacide, is also being linked to Monsanto (a claim they vehemently deny…because of course they do). Larvacide is actually larvicide pyriproxyfen. The pesticide in question is sold under the commercial name, SumiLarv, which is manufactured by a Japanese subsidiary of Monsanto.
Pyriproxyfen is a growth inhibitor of mosquito larvae, which alters the development process from larva to pupa to adult, thus generating malformations in developing mosquitoes and killing or disabling them. It acts as an insect juvenile hormone or juvenoid, and has the effect of inhibiting the development of adult insect characteristics (for example, wings and mature external genitalia) and reproductive development. It is an endocrine disruptor and is teratogenic (causes birth defects).
As of today, Brazil has banned the use of this pesticide. So what does…
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