The Environmental Justice Foundation elaborates more on the world wide negative effects of pesticide use in cotton. Cotton (83%) is one of the top four GMO crops produced in the world which includes soy (89%), canola (75%) and corn (61%). GMO cotton production ranks ninth in global crop production. On an average, 90 percent of U.S. cotton in 2010 was genetically engineered, according to a USDA survey.
Virginia. Cecil Calvert, 2nd Lord of Baltimore, founded Maryland in 1632. Cecilâs father, George Calvert had received a royal charter for the land from King Charles I. The new colony was named after Henrietta Maria, the wife the king. In November of 1633, about 200 Catholic settlers led by Cecilâs younger brother boarded the ships ARK and DOVE, and set sail for Marieâs Land (later Maryland).
The History of Worcester County, MD. Worcester County is the easternmost county within the state of Maryland. Our county seat is the town of Snow Hill. The county was named for Mary Arundel, the wife of Sir John Somerset, a son of Henry Somerset, 1st Marquess of Worcester. She was the sister of Anne Arundel (for whom Anne Arundel County was named), wife of Cecil Calvert, the first Proprietor and Proprietary Governor of the Province of Maryland. Worcester County is included in the Salisbury, MD-DE Metropolitan Statistical Area. The county includes the entire length of the state's ocean coast and borders the Sinepuxent Bay, Assawoman Bay and Assateague Channel and Bay between the sand barrier islands of Assateague Island and Chincoteague Island.