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2009-06-16 | permalink
Dow GM Soya Crop: a step back into the Dark Ages
Dow AgroSciences’ recent request to the regulatory authorities in Brazil to field test a new GM soya bean tolerant to weedkillers 2,4 D and haloxyfop R has been described by GM Freeze as ”a step back into the Dark Ages”. 2,4 D, which kills broad leaf weeds, has been approved since the 1940s and was a constituent part of Agent Orange – the defoliant used by the US during the war in Vietnam in the 1960s and 1970s. It is rated as ”moderately toxic” and is considered by some authorities to be a possible cancer-causing agent.
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2009-06-16 | permalink
Dow GM Soya Crop: a step back into the Dark Ages
Dow AgroSciences’ recent request to the regulatory authorities in Brazil to field test a new GM soya bean tolerant to weedkillers 2,4 D and haloxyfop R has been described by GM Freeze as ”a step back into the Dark Ages”. 2,4 D, which kills broad leaf weeds, has been approved since the 1940s and was a constituent part of Agent Orange – the defoliant used by the US during the war in Vietnam in the 1960s and 1970s. It is rated as ”moderately toxic” and is considered by some authorities to be a possible cancer-causing agent.
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