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# USDA ignores Americans, looks to approve 2,4-D crops
- URL: https://www.foodconsumer.org/usda_ignores_americans_looks_to_approve_2_4-d_crops_0813141237/
- Published: 2014-08-13T13:32:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-22T16:32:50.000Z
- Description: An advocacy alert urging readers to sign a petition during a 30-day comment period against USDA approval of Dow's 2,4-D-tolerant crops. It says approval would send pesticide use soaring and links 2,4-D to cancer, Parkinson's, endocrine disruption and dioxin contamination.
- Author: Food Consumer
- Tags: Politics, #vivvo-import

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**Over a hundred million additional pounds of toxic pesticides associated with cancers and birth defects are coming to a field near you. UNLESS YOU STOP IT!**

“Agent Orange” crops are genetically engineered by Dow Chemical to promote the use of 2,4-D, one of the herbicides in the toxic mixture Vietnam veteran's know as Agent Orange. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is on the cusp of approval, even though they acknowledge the use of this toxic pesticide will skyrocket.

**There is a 30-day public comment period and it MIGHT BE OUR LAST CHANCE to stop this chemical assault -** [**Sign the petition today!**](http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=XU17anEbIWdMNN3zGIGPYBvmpcJfIc41&ref=foodconsumer.org)

USDA’s announcement is an outrageous abdication of the agency's responsibility to protect our health and our food supply. The Obama Administration has ignored the interests and demands of millions of Americans, Members of Congress, scientists, farmers and health professionals.

[**Americans have one last chance to speak to the agency and the Obama Administration and demand a halt to 2,4-D crops before it is too late!**](http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=9vGYkxtckoBQ0DEJ8kN92RvmpcJfIc41&ref=foodconsumer.org)

Last month, over 500,000 people around the country wrote to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and 50 members of Congress sent a letter to USDA and EPA urging the agencies to reject approval of these crops.

[Tell USDA to reject these dangerous 2,4-D promoting GE crops!](http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=kJoQAVarnVFKrnSZwmRY4BvmpcJfIc41&ref=foodconsumer.org)

Wide scale use of Roundup with Roundup Ready GE crops has already led to an epidemic of resistant weeds, and the next step in the chemical arms race is 2,4-D — a chemical linked to major health problems including cancer, Parkinson’s disease, endocrine disruption, and reproductive problems. Industry tests show that 2,4-D is contaminated with dioxins—often referred to as the most toxic substances known to science. EPA has reported that 2,4-D is the seventh largest source of dioxins in the U.S. 

[**We have less than 30 days to tell USDA to reject Dow's 2,4-D resistant GE crops - please sign the petition today!**](http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=SJ0Q3Rii5K4tVZUlpDONdhvmpcJfIc41&ref=foodconsumer.org)

Thanks for everything you do,  

Center for Food Safety

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