EPA APPROVES ENLIST DUO
As expected the EPA approved Dow’s Enlist Duo on October 15. Designed to supplant Monsanto’s Roundup Ready seeds and pesticide that has led to resistant weeds, Enlist Duo is also corn and soy genetically engineered to be resistant to pesticide which is then used to blanket the crops. In this case the pesticide is a combination of glyphosate and 2,4-D. This is expected to increase the use of 2,4-D seven fold by 2020 from 26 million pounds to 175 million pounds annually. This will increase the amount of pesticide in our food and water and will continue to destroy habitat necessary for bees, butterflies, and other pollinators.
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