Agency overlooks threats of new “Agent Orange” crops
engineered to resist potent toxic herbicide
Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service released its draft Environmental Impact Statement
that dismisses the significant harms of a new class of genetically engineered
crops and the powerful and toxic herbicide they were manufactured to resist:
Dow AgroScience’s 2,4-D resistant “Enlist” corn and soy. The draft EIS will be
available for public review and comment for 45 days from the date of
publication in the Federal Register, which is expected to happen on January 10,
2014.