Biopesticides use on cotton and their harmful effects on human health & environment

Abstract

GMO crops may produce high yields, but some types of genetically modi ied cotton are not great for the environment. In 2017, 10 farmers in the US sued the agricultural biotech company, Monsanto. The farmers claimed that the company’s dicamba-tolerant cotton and soybean crops led to the inevitable, illegal spraying of dicamba herbicide—this extremely volatile herbicide that is prone to drifting, resulting in crop damage and pollution [4,5].