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).
MARYLAND AT A GLANCE. NAME. Maryland's name honors Queen Henrietta Maria (1609-1669), wife of Charles I (1600-1649), King of Great Britain and Ireland, who signed the 1632 charter establishing the Maryland colony. Queen Henrietta Maria was the daughter of Henry IV of France (1553-1610) and his second wife, Marie de Medici (1573-1642).