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(Beyond Pesticides, February 18, 2016)<\/em> Last week, 35 members of Congress, led by Representatives Earl Blumenauer (OR-3) and Peter DeFazio (OR-4), signed a letter<\/a> to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy, challenging \u00a0EPA\u2019s review process for the \u00a0glyphosate<\/a> \u00a0and \u00a02,4-D<\/a> \u00a0herbicide mixture, known as Enlist Duo. It is produced by Dow AgroSciences for use in genetically engineered \u00a0crops. The letter requests \u201cmore information about EPA\u2019s plan to reevaluate Enlist Duo\u2019s health and environmental risks.\u201d The letter comes just weeks after the 9th<\/sup> U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals denied a request from EPA<\/a> to vacate its own decision to \u00a0approve the \u00a0toxic herbicide cocktail. Because of the court\u2019s decision, EPA is solely responsible for the decision about Enlist Duo\u2019s registration.<\/p>\n

\"threeenlistsystemcomponentsEnlistDuoherbicideEnlisttraitsEnlistAhead\"\u201cThis is part of a vicious cycle that is leading to more potent, dangerous chemicals being widely used on crops across the United States,\u201d said \u00a0Rep. Blumenauer. He continued, \u201cWith the rise of herbicide-resistant genetically modified crops, herbicides are more widely sprayed causing weeds to grow more resistant \u2014 ultimately, requiring the application of even stronger herbicides. EPA must take action to make sure products entering the market to be used on our food are safe for human health and the environment.\u201d<\/p>\n

In November, 2015, EPA voluntarily revoked the registration of Dow\u2019s Enlist Duo<\/a> based on new information on the toxic effects associated with the synergistic interactions of the chemical cocktail, including \u00a02,4-D, glyphosate, and other undisclosed ingredients, to plants outside the treated area. In January, 2016, the 9th<\/sup> U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the revocation \u00a0in a three-sentence order that gave no reasoning. With EPA facing pressure from environmental groups and Dow\u2019s legal team, it will have to choose whether it will cancel the pesticides, acknowledging the imminent hazard and removing it from the market immediately, or undergo a lengthy cancellation process that may not resolve the issues at hand. \u00a0Additionally, to protect farmers \u00a0and dealers, EPA could issue a product notice immediately, identifying new issues and findings that were not available at the time of registration.<\/p>\n

Enlist Duo has been marketed as a \u201csolution\u201d for the control of glyphosate-resistant weeds brought on by the \u00a0widespread use of the chemical<\/a> \u00a0on glyphosate-tolerant (Roundup Ready) crops over the last decade. \u00a0These super weeds<\/a> \u00a0now infest tens of millions of acres of U.S. farmland. However, independent and USDA scientists predict that the Enlist Duo \u201ccrop system\u201d will only foster resistance to 2,4-D in addition to glyphosate, thus continuing the GE crop pesticide treadmill and escalating the cycle of more toxic pesticides in the environment. Additionally, the health effects of both 2,4-D and glyphosate are well documented. 2,4-D has been linked to \u00a0soft tissue sarcoma<\/a>, \u00a0non-Hodgkin\u2019s lymphoma<\/a> \u00a0(NHL), neurotoxicity, kidney\/liver damage, and harm to the reproductive system. Glyphosate has been \u00a0recently classified as a human carcinogen<\/a> \u00a0based on laboratory studies by the World Health Organization (WHO) in March.<\/p>\n

In the letter addressed to EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy, the U.S. Representatives \u00a0suggest EPA use the \u201cutmost caution in assessing the safety of Enlist Duo before approving it for continued use.\u201d It goes on to cite the concerns of the future analysis process: \u201cWe are troubled by reports that the EPA plans to conduct an extremely limited reanalysis of Enlist Duo’s harms, questioning only whether a larger no-spray zone is needed to protect endangered plants that grow close to farm fields.\u201d The legislators suggest that EPA review WHO\u2019s International Agency for Research on Cancer\u2019s finding that glyphosate is \u201cprobably carcinogenic to humans\u201d and investigate studies that indicate Enlist Duo\u2019s fatal effect on the monarch butterfly population<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe relentless pursuit of herbicide-resistant crops by corporate agriculture has created a toxic treadmill in our food system,\u201d said Rep. DeFazio. \u201cIt\u2019s hard to believe that we are now debating whether or not a probable carcinogen such as glyphosate is safe to use on the food that we feed our children. The EPA needs to stand up against the pressures from the pesticide and agriculture industry and thoroughly assess the environmental and health impacts of this toxic chemical and reject it if the science shows there will be harm.\u201d<\/p>\n

Beyond Pesticides has long advocated a regulatory approach \u00a0that prohibits high hazard chemical use and requires alternative assessments. Beyond Pesticides \u00a0suggests an approach that rejects uses and exposures deemed acceptable under risk assessment calculations filled with uncertainty, and instead focuses on \u00a0safer alternatives that are proven effective, such as \u00a0organic agriculture<\/a>, which prohibits the vast majority \u00a0of toxic chemicals.<\/p>\n

All unattributed positions and opinions in this piece are those of Beyond Pesticides.<\/em><\/p>\n

Source: \u00a0Rep. Peter DeFazio<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(Beyond Pesticides, February 18, 2016) Last week, 35 members of Congress, led by Representatives Earl Blumenauer (OR-3) and Peter DeFazio (OR-4), signed a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy, challenging \u00a0EPA\u2019s review process for the \u00a0glyphosate \u00a0and \u00a02,4-D \u00a0herbicide mixture, known as Enlist Duo. It is produced by Dow AgroSciences for use in genetically engineered \u00a0crops. The letter requests \u201cmore information about EPA\u2019s plan to reevaluate Enlist Duo\u2019s health and environmental risks.\u201d The letter comes just weeks after the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals denied a request from EPA to vacate its own decision to \u00a0approve the \u00a0toxic herbicide cocktail. Because of the court\u2019s decision, EPA is solely responsible for the decision about Enlist Duo\u2019s registration. \u201cThis is part of a vicious cycle that is leading to more potent, dangerous chemicals being widely used on crops across the United States,\u201d said \u00a0Rep. Blumenauer. He continued, \u201cWith the rise of herbicide-resistant genetically modified crops, herbicides are more widely sprayed causing weeds to grow more resistant \u2014 ultimately, requiring the application of even stronger herbicides. 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