BREAKING: EPA pulls Dow's Enlist Duo Pesticide, the "Agent Orange" replacement for RoundUp

[GreatGazoo]

11/25/2015 Noon

EPA stated it is making that decision based on information Dow filed at the U.S. Patent Office on the product that EPA scientists did not know about regarding the “synergistic effects” between glyphosate and 2,4-D, the two herbicides combined to create Enlist Duo.

The filing was posted in a Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals case filed by the Natural Resources Defense Council and the Center for Food Safety against Dow AgroSciences and EPA over the regulatory approval of Enlist Duo.

In the case filing, EPA effectively agreed with the environmental groups to remand the case back to the district court and to vacate its own registration decision on Enlist Duo until EPA officials better understand the possible environmental impacts of the two herbicides.

EPA states that part of the registration for Enlist Duo requires a 30-foot downwind, in-field buffer strip to separate sensitive areas from fields sprayed by Enlist Duo. EPA stated in the court filing Tuesday that the new details about Enlist Duo required the agency to “address the potential synergistic effects of Enlist Duo’s two active ingredients.”

http://ocj.com/2015/11/epa-pulls-enlist-duo-license/

This is a huge reversal.

[LiberalArkie]

1. Thank you

[Buzz Clik]

2. Apparently the combination has enhanced drift properties and impacts surrounding vegetation.

The revocation is likely to be temporary as Dow provides new data, increases the size of buffer zones, or eventually reformulates to reduce drift.

2,4-D is notorious in its ability to volatilize and impact unintended targets. Glyphosate, on the other hand, is known for its lack of drift.

It will be interesting to see how long this lasts. My guess is the Enlist Duo will be back on the shelves this winter.

[ffr]

3. What's next after Enlist Duo, Destructo Burn in Hell v1?

No more pesticide tolerant crops, already!

Glad EPA got this one right.

Organics or bust!