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May 11th, 2012
A fast-spreading plague of “super weeds” taking over U.S. farmland will not be stopped easily. Weed resistance has spread to more than 12 million
U.S. acres and primarily afflicts key agricultural areas in the U.S. Southeast and the corn and soybean growing areas of the Midwest.
January 31, 2012
Just before Christmas, the U.S. Department of Agriculture took steps toward approving a new variety of corn engineered by Dow AgroSciences
that would survive being sprayed by the herbicide 2,4-D, a component of the notorious weed killer Agent Orange.
The crops will not die, after being sprayed with herbicide 2,4-D, but everything else will?
May 13, 2012
Dow AgroScience is positioning its new GE plants as a “next-generation” solution to the problems of glyphosate and Bt resistance.
The product, officially called 'Enlist,' is a genetically modified crop able to withstand being sprayed with 2,4-D, one of the components of Agent Orange,
so that farmers can spray the pesticide to kill weeds without killing the crops- corn, soybeans, and cotton plants metabolically resistant to the herbicide
2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D), (a major ingredient in Agent Orange)
Dow Chemical is seeking USDA approval-
Agent Orange was used by the U.S. military in Vietnam, and it caused many serious medical conditions in both American veterans of the war and the Vietnamese.
Exposure to 2,4-D has been linked to major health problems that include cancer (especially non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma), lowered sperm counts,
liver disease and Parkinson’s disease. A growing body of evidence from laboratory studies show that 2,4-D causes endocrine disruption,
reproductive problems, neurotoxicity and immunosuppression.
Research by the EPA found that babies born in counties with high rates of 2,4-D application to farm fields were significantly more likely
to be born with birth defects of the respiratory and circulatory systems, as well as defects of the musculoskeletal system like clubfoot,
fused digits and extra digits. These birth defects were 60% to 90% more likely in counties with higher 2,4-D application rates.
A Notice by the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service on 12/27/2011
Summary
We are advising the public that the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has received a petition from Dow AgroScience LLC seeking a determination of nonregulated status of corn designated as DAS-40278-9, which has been genetically engineered for increased resistance to broadleaf herbicides in the phenoxy auxin group (such as the herbicide 2,4-D) and resistance to grass herbicides in the aryloxyphenoxypropionate acetyl coenzyme A carboxylase inhibitor group (such as quizalofop herbicides). The petition has been submitted in accordance with our regulations concerning the introduction of certain genetically engineered organisms and products. We are soliciting comments on whether this genetically engineered corn is likely to pose a plant pest risk. We are making available for public comment the Dow AgroScience LLC petition, our plant pest risk assessment, and our draft environmental assessment for the proposed determination of nonregulated status
Mar 15, 2011 Scientists notice lies and exaggerations
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3060243/?tool=pubmed
2011 - AgroSciences talks about quietly showing farmers their plot of GMO 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) crop.
What were they growing? How big or small was this plot?
January 31, 2012
A month before the USDA opened the door to approval of Dow’s new GMO corn, the EPA took agri-giant Monsanto to task for “inadequate” monitoring. Scientists found signs that rootworms in four states were developing resistance to Monsanto corn that was engineered to produce a natural bacterial insecticide that normally kills caterpillars and worms.
December 08, 2011
Dow AgroSciences celebrates the success of their FDA review-
A fast-spreading plague of “super weeds” taking over U.S. farmland will not be stopped easily. Weed resistance has spread to more than 12 million
U.S. acres and primarily afflicts key agricultural areas in the U.S. Southeast and the corn and soybean growing areas of the Midwest.
January 31, 2012
Just before Christmas, the U.S. Department of Agriculture took steps toward approving a new variety of corn engineered by Dow AgroSciences
that would survive being sprayed by the herbicide 2,4-D, a component of the notorious weed killer Agent Orange.
The crops will not die, after being sprayed with herbicide 2,4-D, but everything else will?
May 13, 2012
Dow AgroScience is positioning its new GE plants as a “next-generation” solution to the problems of glyphosate and Bt resistance.
The product, officially called 'Enlist,' is a genetically modified crop able to withstand being sprayed with 2,4-D, one of the components of Agent Orange,
so that farmers can spray the pesticide to kill weeds without killing the crops- corn, soybeans, and cotton plants metabolically resistant to the herbicide
2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D), (a major ingredient in Agent Orange)
Dow Chemical is seeking USDA approval-
Agent Orange was used by the U.S. military in Vietnam, and it caused many serious medical conditions in both American veterans of the war and the Vietnamese.
Exposure to 2,4-D has been linked to major health problems that include cancer (especially non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma), lowered sperm counts,
liver disease and Parkinson’s disease. A growing body of evidence from laboratory studies show that 2,4-D causes endocrine disruption,
reproductive problems, neurotoxicity and immunosuppression.
Research by the EPA found that babies born in counties with high rates of 2,4-D application to farm fields were significantly more likely
to be born with birth defects of the respiratory and circulatory systems, as well as defects of the musculoskeletal system like clubfoot,
fused digits and extra digits. These birth defects were 60% to 90% more likely in counties with higher 2,4-D application rates.
A Notice by the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service on 12/27/2011
Summary
We are advising the public that the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has received a petition from Dow AgroScience LLC seeking a determination of nonregulated status of corn designated as DAS-40278-9, which has been genetically engineered for increased resistance to broadleaf herbicides in the phenoxy auxin group (such as the herbicide 2,4-D) and resistance to grass herbicides in the aryloxyphenoxypropionate acetyl coenzyme A carboxylase inhibitor group (such as quizalofop herbicides). The petition has been submitted in accordance with our regulations concerning the introduction of certain genetically engineered organisms and products. We are soliciting comments on whether this genetically engineered corn is likely to pose a plant pest risk. We are making available for public comment the Dow AgroScience LLC petition, our plant pest risk assessment, and our draft environmental assessment for the proposed determination of nonregulated status
Mar 15, 2011 Scientists notice lies and exaggerations
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3060243/?tool=pubmed
2011 - AgroSciences talks about quietly showing farmers their plot of GMO 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) crop.
What were they growing? How big or small was this plot?
January 31, 2012
A month before the USDA opened the door to approval of Dow’s new GMO corn, the EPA took agri-giant Monsanto to task for “inadequate” monitoring. Scientists found signs that rootworms in four states were developing resistance to Monsanto corn that was engineered to produce a natural bacterial insecticide that normally kills caterpillars and worms.
December 08, 2011
Dow AgroSciences celebrates the success of their FDA review-
