Activists play Agent Orange scare card in hopes of derailing USDA approval of 2,4-D resistant corn and soybeans | Genetic Literacy Project

Creative use of the public ignorance of chemistry and a good way to stoke fear in the hearts of consumers. How is this different than someone who lives on Montague Street, in the southwest part of Lake Worth, made to be so concerned about an additional 20 feet of allowable height in the downtown for a hotel east of Federal? It's because opponents are fighting facts with an emotional appeal. Who needs facts when we are teaching children that our world is 7,000 years old and that our ancestors walked with the dinosaurs? Click title for link.

New genetically modified corn and soybean seeds, already approved in Canada for rollout this year, are closer to being greenlighted in the United States—unless activist protests derail the process yet again.
Last Friday, a draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) released by the US Department of Agriculture recommended that full deregulation is the “preferred alternative” for Dow AgroSciences’ corn and soybean traits resistant to the herbicide 2,4-D–products known as the Enlist Weed Control System.
What is 2,4-D? According to scientists, it’s an effective herbicide and plant growth regulator widely and safely used for decades in household weed killers, such as Scotts TurfBuilder, and also by farmers. To opponents, it’s “Agent Orange”.