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Have you heard of super weeds? Big industrial farms have been using so much of Monsanto’s Roundup herbicide on Roundup Ready genetically engineered crops, the weeds have evolved resistance, and these industrial farms are turning to older, more toxic chemicals like Dow Chemical’s 2,4-D to kill them.
While “superweeds” are a real problem for America’s farmers, they apparently aren’t a problem for Dow Chemical. In fact, Dow welcomed it as “a very significant opportunity” for chemical companies like Dow Chemical.
A significant opportunity? Dow Chemical wants to put even more toxic, 2,4-D on our food crops and we’re just supposed to eat it? What on Earth were they thinking? We started to wonder what that conversation must have been like for Dow Chemical to determine how to market a toxic product, and we think it may have gone something like this…
The “Mad Men” in this video aren’t real, but their products are. Dow Chemical’s next generation, genetically engineered corn and soybeans will increase the amount of 2,4-D sprayed on fields by an estimated 100 million pounds every year.
What is 2,4-D? It is half of the highly toxic chemical mixture called Agent Orange that the military used as a defoliant during the Vietnam War. 2,4-D has been linked to non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, lowered sperm counts, liver disease, and Parkinson’s disease. Studies have also demonstrated the chemical’s adverse effects on hormonal, reproductive, neurological, and immune systems. To make matters worse, 2,4-D is the 7th largest source of dioxins in the U.S.
And now Dow Chemical is asking the USDA for permission to sell these “Agent Orange” Crops.
It’s a mystery why anyone would think 2,4-D, or “Agent Orange” crops would be a good idea, but we put our heads together and tried to figure it out. Maybe it went something like this.
After you watch the video, tell the USDA No “Agent Orange” crops!
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