‘This continues the disturbing trend of more herbicide-tolerant crop
approvals taking place under President Obama’s watch.’ — Wenonah Hauter,
Food & Water
The United States Department of Agriculture on Thursday approved
Monsanto's controversial herbicide-resistant genetically modified
strains of soybean and cotton, in a move that critics say is a bow to
the powerful biotechnology industry, at the expense of human and
environmental health.
Dr. Marcia Ishii-Eiteman of the Pesticide Action Network echoed Hauter's concerns, calling the new genetically modified crops "the latest in a slew of bad ideas" and a sign of the USDA's "allegiance to the largest pesticide corporations."
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) on Thursday granted "nonregulated status for Monsanto Company’s (Monsanto) soybeans and cotton that are resistant to certain herbicides, including one known as dicamba." The biotechnology giant still awaits the Environmental Protection Agency's approval of the new herbicide, which contains both dicamba and glyphosate, designed to accompany the resistant strain.
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