Glia
02-22-2012, 09:33 PM
Another example of corporations dumping the true costs onto the public while keeping the profits.
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Is your food going to be sprayed with Agent Orange?
It sounds like a supervillain's plot, but sadly, it's not. A new genetically engineered variety of corn from Dow is designed to be resistant to a component of Agent Orange. Tell the USDA not to approve this crop!
Right now, Dow's Agent Orange corn is being rubberstamped through the approval process at USDA. It has not been adequately tested for our health or safety, and it should not be approved. We have until February 27 to tell the USDA to reject Agent Orange corn.
Big Ag is in an arms race with weeds. Most genetically engineered crops are made to withstand chemical weed killer (e.g., Roundup), but over time, weeds evolve to resist these chemicals.
This means that farmers have to apply stronger chemicals to kill the weeds, and the newest version of this is 2,4-D, a major component of Agent Orange. This is the same horrific chemical that destroyed wide swaths of jungle and killed hundreds of thousands of people during the Vietnam War.
If the USDA approves Dow's Agent Orange corn, more dangerous chemicals will definitely be used on our crops, we'll see new resistant weeds and people may get sick. Urge the USDA to reject Agent Orange corn!
Tell USDA — don't approve Agent Orange corn:
https://action.foodandwaterwatch.org/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=9513
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Is your food going to be sprayed with Agent Orange?
It sounds like a supervillain's plot, but sadly, it's not. A new genetically engineered variety of corn from Dow is designed to be resistant to a component of Agent Orange. Tell the USDA not to approve this crop!
Right now, Dow's Agent Orange corn is being rubberstamped through the approval process at USDA. It has not been adequately tested for our health or safety, and it should not be approved. We have until February 27 to tell the USDA to reject Agent Orange corn.
Big Ag is in an arms race with weeds. Most genetically engineered crops are made to withstand chemical weed killer (e.g., Roundup), but over time, weeds evolve to resist these chemicals.
This means that farmers have to apply stronger chemicals to kill the weeds, and the newest version of this is 2,4-D, a major component of Agent Orange. This is the same horrific chemical that destroyed wide swaths of jungle and killed hundreds of thousands of people during the Vietnam War.
If the USDA approves Dow's Agent Orange corn, more dangerous chemicals will definitely be used on our crops, we'll see new resistant weeds and people may get sick. Urge the USDA to reject Agent Orange corn!
Tell USDA — don't approve Agent Orange corn:
https://action.foodandwaterwatch.org/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=9513