TRANSGENICS: MYTHS AND REALITIES

Abstract

Agriculture subordinated to international financial capital, through agricultural
industry of food and expenses, is under interests that act with a lucrative logic.
Transgenic products have negative impacts on agriculture and displacement of
rural workers to urban areas, increasing the use of agrochemicals and the
deterioration of nourishment.
Publicly controlled regulation policies must be developed, for monitoring,
evaluating, and avoiding the social and environmental risks of agriculturalbiotechnology.