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Soy fields advance over native forest near the Curuá-Una highway, in the Lower Tapajós region of Pará, in the Brazilian Amazon. A study conducted by the author shows that glyphosate — a herbicide widely used in soybean plantations — produces a slow form of chemical violence that suffocates people, ecosystems, and ways of life. This process forces riverine communities to leave their territories, opening space for soy expansion and causing harm to Indigenous and Afro-descendant (quilombola) populations as well. Foto: Bruno Kelly

“Expulsion by suffocation”: how soy expansion and herbicide use are displacing Amazonian communities

A study argues that the use of glyphosate produces a slow form of chemical violence that suffocates people, ecosystems and ways of life. This violence forces riverside communities to leave and makes way for soya to advance.

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