http://www.rodalenews.com/gmo-approval
"Now, total approval hinges on the Environmental Protection Agency. If
that federal body approves the new GMO, farmers will be free to plant
corn and soy seeds genetically manipulated to live through sprayings of
Dow's Enlist Duo herbicide,
a chemical cocktail containing both glyphosate and the antiquated,
toxic chemical 2,4-D. Ironically, in the 1990s, chemical companies said
the development of GMOs would eliminate the need to use older, more
dangerous chemicals like 2,4-D. But as GMO use ramped up over the last
few decades, chemical use increased, and many weeds are no longer
responding to glyphosate, the main ingredient in Roundup and the current
chemical of choice for GMO farmers. This has created a "superweed" crisis, resulting in millions of acres of U.S. fields' being infested with hard-to-kill weeds."
Gotta wonder if these new frakenseeds are sold by the very same corporation that makes this Enlist Duo pesticide?
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