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# Weed killers and GE crops - Letter from EWG
- URL: https://www.foodconsumer.org/weed_killers_and_ge_crops_0616141120/
- Published: 2014-06-16T12:16:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-22T16:29:23.000Z
- Description: The Environmental Working Group asks readers to sign a petition against Dow's application to sell Enlist Duo, a mix of 2,4-D and glyphosate for use on engineered crops. It says 2,4-D has been linked to hormone disruption, cancer and Parkinson's disease.
- Author: Food Consumer
- Tags: Politics, #vivvo-import

**URGENT ACTION ALERT: The Environmental Protection Agency is currently considering Dow Chemical Co.'s application to market a new weed killer called Enlist Duo, a mixture of the toxic weed killers 2,4-D and glyphosate, the chemical in Monsanto’s Roundup.**

Dow wants to sell Enlist to be used alongside new types of genetically engineered corn and soybeans that were designed to withstand 2,4-D. Why these new breeds? Because weeds have grown resistant to glyphosate alone!

- **Why you should care:** 2,4-D has been linked to multiple risks to human health and the environment – **including disruption of hormones and reproductive functions, elevated risk of cancer and Parkinson’s disease.**
- **What you can do about it:** The EPA is now seeking comments from the public on this decision. That window is about to close. We need you to take action today! [**click here to automatically add your name to EWG's petition telling the EPA to deny Dow Chemical Co.’s application to use a combination of 2,4-D and glyphosate on genetically engineered crops.**](http://action.ewg.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2&c=fO%2BzOOYyy0RtN%2Bz5Zyx%2BHqU2Pkd%2FIRxm&ref=foodconsumer.org)
- **What’s at risk:** If the EPA were to approve Dow’s application, nationwide use of 2,4-D would increase from current levels by at least threefold by 2020\. In addition to putting human health at risk, increased 2,4-D spraying would harm already-vulnerable ecosystems in intensely farmed regions, affect endangered species and potentially contribute to the decline of honeybees and other pollinators.

**Before the EPA makes its final decision on whether to approve Dow’s Enlist Duo, the agency’s leadership needs to hear from YOU right now.**

[**Take action right now: Tell the EPA not to approve Dow’s application for Enlist Duo containing 2,4-D and glyphosate for use on genetically engineered crops! By clicking here, your name will automatically be added to EWG's petition.**](http://action.ewg.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2&c=TjxVoG70UP8BTktrvBJHKqU2Pkd%2FIRxm&ref=foodconsumer.org)

Thank you for standing with EWG in protection of human health and the environment.

\- EWG Action Alert

**P.S.** To learn about the dangers of 2,4-D to human health and the environment and Dow’s 2,4-D resistant crops, [**click here for more information.**](http://action.ewg.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2&c=uyluB8f3iDRQ2Q4TeFbQWaU2Pkd%2FIRxm&ref=foodconsumer.org)

[Contribute](http://action.ewg.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2&c=4qzb1eir3EDAiMTe95H1hKU2Pkd%2FIRxm&ref=foodconsumer.org)