{"id":41128,"date":"2026-03-16T00:01:23","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T04:01:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beyondpesticides.org\/dailynewsblog\/?p=41128"},"modified":"2026-03-16T09:34:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T13:34:07","slug":"introduction-of-new-genetically-engineered-wheat-tied-to-dangerous-pattern-of-hazardous-pesticide-use","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beyondpesticides.org\/dailynewsblog\/2026\/03\/introduction-of-new-genetically-engineered-wheat-tied-to-dangerous-pattern-of-hazardous-pesticide-use\/","title":{"rendered":"Introduction of New Genetically Engineered Wheat Tied to Dangerous Pattern of Hazardous Pesticide Use"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p>(<em>Beyond Pesticides<\/em>, March 16, 2026)\u00a0On the brink of the first genetically engineered (GE) wheat to be introduced into the U.S. market, after the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) approved it in August, 2024, groups are calling on <a href=\"https:\/\/secure.everyaction.com\/jJdGGD45FEKR9Xe8FLgkQQ2##anchor\"><strong>Congress to instruct USDA to prohibit HB4 wheat and instruct EPA to prohibit the use of glufosinate herbicides on wheat.<\/strong><\/a> The herbicide on which the crop is dependent, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beyondpesticides.org\/resources\/pesticide-gateway?pesticideid=190\">glufosinate<\/a>, is a highly toxic herbicide banned in the European Union because of its links to reproductive and developmental harm.<\/p>\r\n<p>The drought- and herbicide-tolerant wheat, known as HB4 GMO wheat, follows a long line of genetically engineered crops that have been allowed to be grown in the U.S., with Roundup Ready<sup>TM<\/sup> (glyphosate-tolerant) soybeans being among the first crops allowed in 1996. While the introduction of this technology promised to reduce pesticide use (herbicides are included under the definition of pesticide), the exact opposite occurred, with the skyrocketing of herbicide use. (See <a href=\"https:\/\/beyondpesticides.org\/dailynewsblog\/2012\/10\/increased-pesticide-use-and-resistant-weeds-the-troubling-legacy-of-ge-crops\/\">Daily News <\/a>review of a study by Charles Benbrook, PhD, \u201cImpacts of genetically engineered crops on pesticide use in the U.S.\u2014the first sixteen years.\u201d) The extraordinary increase in herbicide use associated with GE crops has been accompanied by an escalating increase in weed resistance to the herbicides used on the crops, which has led to pressure to develop new herbicides, use multiple combinations of herbicides, and even the proclamation of emergency weed problems justifying the use of unregistered herbicides, as is the case with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency\u2019s (EPA) consideration of a <a href=\"https:\/\/beyondpesticides.org\/dailynewsblog\/2026\/03\/epa-asked-to-deny-proposal-to-use-a-new-not-registered-pfas-pesticide-under-emergency-waiver\/\">PFAS herbicide, tetflupyrolimet<\/a>, because weeds are so out of control in GE rice production. As EPA\u2019s comment period ends today, March 16 (see next paragraph to comment), Beyond Pesticides and dozens of groups are calling on the agency to deny the emergency and reject the use of the unregistered PFAS herbicide because the resistance problem is highly predictable (and therefore not an emergency under the law) and only exacerbates the problem.<\/p>\r\n<p>[In a two-step action, groups are <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/secure.everyaction.com\/4AuuDR9izkGzHY1M9gMaIA2##anchor\">Urging Congress to tell EPA that herbicide resistance is not an emergency and PFAS chemicals must not be broadcast in the environment<\/a><em><a href=\"https:\/\/secure.everyaction.com\/4AuuDR9izkGzHY1M9gMaIA2##anchor\">.<\/a>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>After clicking on the submit button to send a message to Congress, the page will automatically redirect to\u00a0suggested language for a comment to EPA. Because the federal government shut down easy access to the public comment process, you will need to cut and paste this language into the\u00a0Federal Register.]<\/p>\r\n<p>In recent years, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) of USDA regulations have\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/crs-product\/IF11573\">loosened<\/a>\u00a0the restrictions concerning which genetically engineered (GE or GMO) crops can be grown. It has\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aphis.usda.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/22-199-01rsr-response.pdf\">applied<\/a>\u00a0the new regulations to allow HB4\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.isaaa.org\/kc\/cropbiotechupdate\/article\/default.asp?ID=20981\">wheat<\/a>\u00a0engineered to be resistant to the toxic herbicide\u00a0glufosinate.\u00a0It is actually a fairly simple approval process to introduce. This is what APHIS\/USDA announced in August:<\/p>\r\n<p>\u201cThe U.S. Department of Agriculture\u2019s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) recently reviewed the following plants modified using genetic engineering to determine whether they posed an increased plant pest risk as relative to non-modified comparators:<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li>\u00a0. . .<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Bioceres Crop Solutions, wheat with drought tolerance and herbicide resistance.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aphis.usda.gov\/news\/program-update\/aphis-issues-regulatory-status-review-responses-university-florida-bioceres\">APHIS found <\/a>these modified plants were unlikely to pose an increased plant pest risk compared to other cultivated plants. As a result, they are not subject to regulation under 7 CFR part 340. From a plant pest risk perspective, this modified plant may be safely grown and bred in the United States.\u201d<\/p>\r\n<p>In December 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lexology.com\/library\/detail.aspx?g=aa24d998-c4b6-4134-884a-f0a21af48e10\">vacated<\/a>\u00a0the 2020 USDA \/APHIS rule, formerly known as the SECURE (Sustainable, Ecological, Consistent, Uniform, Responsible, Efficient) rule, which had been adopted to streamline USDA oversight of plants developed using genetic engineering. In a December 4, 2024\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aphis.usda.gov\/news\/program-update\/aphis-acknowledges-new-court-ruling-vacating-updates-biotechnology-regulations\">announcement<\/a>, USDA\/APHIS stated, \u201cRegulatory Status Review responses, Confirmation Request responses, and active permits that USDA issued prior to December 2, 2024, remain valid.\u201d This includes the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aphis.usda.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/22-199-01rsr-response.pdf\">decision on HB4 wheat<\/a>, according to which USDA\/APHIS concluded that HB4 wheat and its offspring derived from crosses with other non-modified and modified plants do not pose increased \u201cplant pest risk,\u201d and therefore are\u00a0not regulated under the\u00a0<em>Plant Protection Act<\/em>.<\/p>\r\n<p>The vacatur of the 2020 rule reverts the core USDA biotechnology regulations to their pre-2020 framework. Although most consider the older framework more restrictive, as noted in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bp-dc.org\/bp-coordinated-framework-comments-2016\">2016 comments<\/a>\u00a0by Beyond Pesticides, its regulatory criteria used a product-based approach and assumed that the process of biotechnology poses no distinctive risks, which\u00a0fails\u00a0to consider the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov%2Fbooks%2FNBK215773%2Fpdf%2FBookshelf_NBK215773.pdf&amp;data=05%7C02%7CJCordell%40beyondpesticides.org%7C78543479143a43776c3c08de813b53bc%7Cc752d38fe68a46fc83ee8e12479e74ad%7C0%7C0%7C639090288967619638%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=wpunh2I3LEBgMCgIelTwYM6rOZlCm20azwzmY%2BWENAk%3D&amp;reserved=0\">higher rates of unintended effects<\/a>\u00a0that genetic engineering poses when compared to conventional chemical use and conventional plant breeding. The risk assessments conducted under the rule failed to consider the efficacy of the technology, the chemical dependency that is built into many of these technologies, and the long-term health and environmental effects that the technology poses.<\/p>\r\n<p>Because of the predictable herbicide resistance to current herbicides, such as Bayer\/Monsanto&#8217;s\u202f<a href=\"https:\/\/cen.acs.org\/environment\/pesticides\/Replacing-glyphosate-garden-wont-easy\/99\/i45\">&#8216;Roundup&#8217;<\/a>\u202fand\u202f<a href=\"https:\/\/beyondpesticides.org\/dailynewsblog\/2024\/07\/call-for-epa-to-reject-harmful-weed-killer-politicized-supreme-court-takes-the-reins-from-agencies\/\">dicamba<\/a>, pesticide manufacturers are introducing newer\u202f<a href=\"https:\/\/www.beyondpesticides.org\/assets\/media\/documents\/GlufosinateChemWatch.pdf\">glufosinate<\/a>\u00a0products, including those intended for use with HB4 wheat. The wheat is modified to tolerate glufosinate, a highly toxic herbicide banned in the European Union because of its links to reproductive and developmental harm. It has been linked to miscarriages, stillbirths, and birth defects. If this wheat is grown, glufosinate could be sprayed directly on wheat crops, likely leading to residues in everyday foods like bread, pasta, and cereal. Pregnant people, children, farmworkers, and frontline communities would be most at risk.<\/p>\r\n<p>The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) pesticide registration process is\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/beyondpesticides.org\/dailynewsblog\/2024\/04\/epa-draft-herbicide-strategy-update-further-weakens-plan-to-protect-endangered-species\/\"><strong>insufficient<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0to protect public health, endangered species, the environment, and biodiversity. EPA&#8217;s presupposition that farmers must use toxic chemicals to be productive and profitable clouds and undermines the regulatory process\u2014and keeps farmers on a toxic pesticide treadmill. Fundamental change requires EPA\u2014in every pesticide registration and registration review\u2014to examine whether there are practices that can eliminate harm, not substitute one toxic conventional pesticide for another.<\/p>\r\n<p>GE food is not progress.\u202fIt is\u202fa repeat of the same failed, pesticide-intensive farming that already threatens pollinators like bees, pollutes water, and traps farmers on a costly chemical treadmill.\u202fNearly half\u202fof U.S. wheat is exported, yet many major trading partners with the U.S. will\u202fnot accept GE wheat. That means even small genetic contamination incidents could shut down exports and threaten wheat farmers&#8217; livelihoods\u2014even\u202ffarmers who\u202fnever plant it. \u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p>Herbicide resistance is a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41559-018-0470-1?WT.mc_id=COM_NEcoEvo_1802_Freckleton\">predictable outcome<\/a> of reliance on herbicides. GE wheat is not needed, given the productivity and profitability of certified organic farming and traditional plant breeding\u2014approaches that protect people and the planet by transitioning away from toxic chemicals. Organic is currently the only agricultural system alternative to chemical-intensive farming that is defined under law, the <em>Organic Foods Production Act<\/em>, with a National List of Allowed and Prohibited Substances, and a certification, inspection, and enforcement system. Advocates say that organic protects agricultural production and food safety, supports farmers and\u202ffarmworkers, and builds a healthier, more just food system for all.\u202fBy eliminating petrochemical pesticides and fertilizers, the benefits of organic are cross-cutting, mitigating existential threats to health, biodiversity, and climate.<\/p>\r\n<p>For more background, see Friends of the Earth\u2019s report, <a href=\"https:\/\/foe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GMO_Wheat_Brief_Final-v2.pdf\">Genetically Engineered Wheat: Risks and Concerns<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Letter to U.S. Senators and Representative:<br \/>\r\n<\/strong>In recent years, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA\/APHIS) regulations have loosened the restrictions concerning which genetically engineered (GE or GMO) crops can be grown. It has applied the new regulations to allow HB4 wheat engineered to tolerate the toxic herbicide glufosinate.<\/p>\r\n<p>The action to allow GE wheat demonstrates the flaws in the approval process and allows widespread exposure to a toxic herbicide that is banned in many countries.<\/p>\r\n<p>In December 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California vacated the 2020 USDA \/APHIS rule, formerly known as the SECURE (Sustainable, Ecological, Consistent, Uniform, Responsible, Efficient) rule, which had been adopted to streamline USDA oversight of plants developed using genetic engineering. In a December 4, 2024 announcement, USDA\/APHIS stated, \u201cRegulatory Status Review responses, Confirmation Request responses, and active permits that USDA issued prior to December 2, 2024, remain valid.\u201d This includes the decision on HB4 wheat, according to which, USDA\/APHIS concluded that HB4 wheat and its offspring derived from crosses with other non-modified and modified plants do not pose increased \u201cplant pest risk,\u201d and therefore are not regulated under the\u00a0<em>Plant Protection Act<\/em>.<\/p>\r\n<p>The vacatur of the 2020 rule reverts the core USDA biotechnology regulations to their pre-2020 framework. Although most consider the older framework more restrictive, it used a product-based approach and assumed that the process of biotechnology poses no distinctive risks, which fails to consider the higher rates of unintended effects that genetic engineering poses when compared to conventional chemical use and conventional plant breeding. The risk assessments conducted under the rule failed to consider the efficacy of the technology, the chemical dependency that is built into many of these technologies, and the long-term health and environmental effects that the technology poses.<\/p>\r\n<p>Because of the predictable weed resistance to current herbicides, pesticide manufacturers are introducing newer\u202fglufosinate products, including those intended for use with HB4 wheat. The wheat is modified to tolerate glufosinate, a highly toxic herbicide banned in the European Union because of its links to reproductive and developmental harm. It has been linked to miscarriages, stillbirths, and birth defects. If this wheat is grown, glufosinate could be sprayed directly on wheat crops, likely leading to residues in everyday foods like bread, pasta, and cereal. Pregnant people, children, farmworkers, and frontline communities would be most at risk.<\/p>\r\n<p>GE food is not progress.\u202fIt is\u202fa repeat of the same failed, pesticide-intensive farming that already threatens pollinators like bees, pollutes water, and traps farmers on a costly chemical treadmill.\u202fNearly half\u202fof U.S. wheat is exported, yet many of our major trading partners\u202fwill\u202fnot accept GE wheat. That means even small genetic contamination incidents could shut down exports and threaten wheat farmers&#8217; livelihoods\u2014even\u202ffarmers who\u202fnever plant it.<\/p>\r\n<p>Herbicide resistance is a predictable outcome of reliance on herbicides. We\u202fdo not\u202fneed GE wheat. What we do need is certified organic farming and traditional plant breeding\u2014approaches that protect people and the planet by transitioning us away from toxic chemicals. Together, we can protect our food, support farmers and\u202ffarmworkers, and build a healthier, more just food system for all.\u202f<\/p>\r\n<p>Please instruct USDA to prohibit HB4 wheat and instruct EPA to prohibit the use of glufosinate herbicides on wheat.<\/p>\r\n<p>Thank you.<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Beyond Pesticides, March 16, 2026)\u00a0On the brink of the first genetically engineered (GE) wheat to be introduced into the U.S. market, after the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) approved it in August, 2024, groups are calling on Congress to instruct USDA to prohibit HB4 wheat and instruct EPA to prohibit the use of glufosinate herbicides on wheat. The herbicide on which the crop is dependent, glufosinate, is a highly toxic herbicide banned in the European Union because of its links to reproductive and developmental harm. The drought- and herbicide-tolerant wheat, known as HB4 GMO wheat, follows a long line of genetically engineered crops that have been allowed to be grown in the U.S., with Roundup ReadyTM (glyphosate-tolerant) soybeans being among the first crops allowed in 1996. While the introduction of this technology promised to reduce pesticide use (herbicides are included under the definition of pesticide), the exact opposite occurred, with the skyrocketing of herbicide use. (See Daily News review of a study by Charles Benbrook, PhD, \u201cImpacts of genetically engineered crops on pesticide use in the U.S.\u2014the first sixteen years.\u201d) The extraordinary increase in herbicide use associated with GE crops has been accompanied by an escalating increase in weed resistance [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":41181,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[249,354,5,334,41,276,1,368],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41128","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-agriculture","category-environmental-protection-agency-epa","category-genetic-engineering","category-glufosinate","category-glyphosate","category-take-action","category-uncategorized","category-us-department-of-agriculture-usda"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Introduction of New Genetically Engineered Wheat Tied to Dangerous Pattern of Hazardous Pesticide Use - Beyond Pesticides Daily News Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/beyondpesticides.org\/dailynewsblog\/2026\/03\/introduction-of-new-genetically-engineered-wheat-tied-to-dangerous-pattern-of-hazardous-pesticide-use\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Introduction of New Genetically Engineered Wheat Tied to Dangerous Pattern of Hazardous Pesticide Use - Beyond Pesticides Daily News Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"(Beyond Pesticides, March 16, 2026)\u00a0On the brink of the first genetically engineered (GE) wheat to be introduced into the U.S. market, after the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) approved it in August, 2024, groups are calling on Congress to instruct USDA to prohibit HB4 wheat and instruct EPA to prohibit the use of glufosinate herbicides on wheat. 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