{"id":22226,"date":"2014-02-18T16:10:52","date_gmt":"2014-02-18T16:10:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ecowatch.com\/?p=321935"},"modified":"2014-02-18T16:10:52","modified_gmt":"2014-02-18T16:10:52","slug":"video-satire-blasts-dow-chemicals-agent-orange-crops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/video-satire-blasts-dow-chemicals-agent-orange-crops\/","title":{"rendered":"Video Satire Blasts Dow Chemical\u2019s \u2018Agent Orange\u2019 Crops"},"content":{"rendered":null,"protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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When deciding what produce to buy from the supermarket, the questions a shopper typically asks are pretty basic: How’s the color? Is it fresh? Can it withstand toxic chemicals that were once used to manufacture lethal nerve gas?<\/p>\n

Wait, what?<\/p>\n

The Center for Food Safety<\/a> reports Dow Chemical has developed genetically-engineered<\/a>, pesticide-promoting corn and soybeans that can be repeatedly doused in 2,4-D, a powerful herbicide used in forming Agent Orange<\/a>.<\/p>\n

To get this information out, Center for Food Safety released a satirical “Mad Men” video featuring would-be Dow Chemical executives who are trying to market the genetically-engineered crops.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Dow Chemical is seeking U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) approval to sell these next generation crops as a solution to the growing weed resistance problems to Monsanto’s Roundup herbicide.<\/p>\n

“Given the known problems and history of 2,4-D, it is astonishing that any company would brazenly promote such a toxic product. It’s bad for the environment, it’s bad for farm workers, and it’s bad for our health,” said Andrew Kimbrell, executive director of Center for Food Safety, in a prepared statement.<\/p>\n

A petition <\/a>asking the USDA to reject the crops, launched as part of the CFS campaign, has nearly 100,000 signatures.<\/p>\n

Visit EcoWatch’s FOOD<\/a> and GMO<\/a> pages for more related news on this topic.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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