Permalink: https://media.greenpeace.org/archive/Toxic-Warning-Action-at-EC-in-Brussels-27MZIFVASXO3.htmlConceptually similarToxic Warning Action at EC in BrusselsGP04BLUCompleted★★★★Toxic Warning Action at EC in BrusselsGP04BLQCompleted★★★★Toxic Warning Action at EC in BrusselsGP04BLRCompleted★★★★Toxic Warning Action at EC in BrusselsGP04BLSCompleted★★★★Toxic Warning Action at EC in BrusselsGP04BLTCompleted★★★★Toxic Warning Action at EC in BrusselsGP04BM1Completed★★★★Toxic Warning Action at EC in BrusselsGP04BLXCompleted★★★★Toxic Warning Action at EC in BrusselsGP04BLPCompleted★★★★Toxic Warning Action at EC in BrusselsGP04BLYCompleted★★★★View AllGP04BM0Toxic Warning Action at EC in BrusselsTwenty-seven Greenpeace activists (one for each EU member state) display a banner reading "toxic warning" outside the European Commission headquarters. Greenpeace is protesting against the introduction and cultivation of new GM (genetically modified) crops in Europe that could increase herbicide use by up to 15 times. In the picture activists wearing protective clothing, carry symbolically containers marked "Roundup" herbicide.Locations:Belgium-BrusselsDate:7 Nov, 2012Credit:© Philip Reynaers / GreenpeaceMaximum size:2500px X 1664pxKeywords:Actions and protests-Agriculture-Day-European Commission (EC)-European Union (EU)-Genetic engineering-Glyphosate-Greenpeace activists-Herbicides-KWCI (GPI)-Monsanto-Outdoors-Protective clothing-SAGE (campaign title)-Spraying-Toxics (campaign title)-YellowShoot:Toxic Warning Action at European Commission in BrusselsThe introduction and cultivation of new GM (genetically modified) crops in Europe could increase herbicide use by up to 15 times, warns an agricultural forecast commissioned by Greenpeace and presented in Brussels.Greenpeace activists together with two US farmers protest at the European Commission headquarters to deliver a "toxic warning". The US farmers have traveled to Europe to warn farmers against a fate similar to their own. Farmers using genetically engineered herbicide tolerant crops in USA have suffered as they see a rapid growth of ‘super-weeds’, steadily increasing seed prices and need increased applications of ever more toxic herbicides.Related Collections:Year in Pictures 2012 (Photo & Videos)Toxic Warning Action at European Commission in Brussels (Photos & Videos)Year in Pictures 2012 - Broad Edit (All Photographers)
