HUGE VICTORY! EPA pulls registration for Dow's Enlist Duo herbicide, citing high toxicity levels 25NOV15

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The EPA just pulled registration for Dow’s Enlist Duo herbicide!

In a huge victory that you helped win, the EPA just pulled registration for Dow’s highly toxic Enlist Duo—created for use on the next generation of genetically engineered crops. Enlist Duo is a highly toxic herbicide that blends glyphosate, a probable carcinogen that is wiping out the monarch butterfly, with 2,4-D, a poison used during the Vietnam War as an active ingredient in Agent Orange. It’s a pesticide that is simply too dangerous for humans and animals! Yet the Environmental Protection Agency approved this highly toxic herbicide cocktail for widespread use on genetically engineered corn and soybean crops. With your help, we challenged the EPA’s reckless decision…and today we won! Responding to litigation, the EPA announced it is revoking the registration of Enlist Duo, stating that the combination of these chemicals is likely significantly more harmful than it had initially believed. This is a huge victory that you helped win! Thank you! Every day, we’re up against powerful corporate interests that will stop at nothing to put profits ahead of people and the planet. But today we proved that by coming together, we can stand up to these powerful industries and win! More than 1 billion pounds of pesticides are being dumped onto U.S. crops every year—threatening your family’s health, drifting into the air, seeping into waterways, endangering farmworkers and threatening the survival of endangered species. But with you by our side, Earthjustice will continue fighting to reform our broken chemical system, targeting the most dangerous chemicals and advancing sustainable agriculture. As we head into a holiday centered around food and taking care of those we love, this victory is even more sweet! Thank you for standing with us as we take on the dirtiest industries of our time—and win! Happy holidays to you and yours,

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After 150 Years, Maui’s Streams Flow Again Private corporations that diverted Maui’s streams for more than 150 years agreed to finally restore water flows—courtesy of an Earthjustice campaign. READ MORE

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	Havasupai Celebrate Ban on New Uranium Mining A million acres of Grand Canyon watershed is less threatened by uranium poisoning, thanks to a court order upholding a 20-year ban on new uranium mining claims. READ MORE
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EPA Approves Deadly New Herbicide Without bothering to consult the expert agencies about the herbicide’s effects on endangered plants and animals, the EPA is giving the green light to massive increases in the use of 2,4-D, one of the ingredients in ‘Agent Orange.’ READ MORE

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A Nation Poisoned by Incinerators When toxic metals like mercury and cadmium poison your favorite lake, it’s time to regulate the local industrial incinerator. Yet the EPA has allowed thousands of such polluting incinerators across the nation to continue fouling our waters. READ MORE

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USDA decision could increase your exposure to this toxic pesticide 12APR12

EVERYONE living in an area where corn is grown should be concerned about this pesticide / herbicide and take the time to send an e mail to the USDA asking them to deny dow chemical's request to allow increased use of 2,4-D (part of the deadly Agent Orange herbicide cocktail). You know this company,  dow/union carbide, they brought us the environmental disaster at Bhopal, India that has killed approximately 20000 people....click the link to the EPA before 27APR12.

Unless we act quickly, a dangerous weed killer linked to cancer and birth defects could become much more widely used in U.S. agriculture. The pesticide is called 2,4-D and it doesn't just taint the crops it's sprayed on: once released, it travels through the air, seeps into the ground and contaminates our drinking water. We can prevent the rampant overuse of 2,4-D by asking Department of Agriculture officials to reject a profit-minded proposal to sell genetically engineered corn that won't die when sprayed with the poison. But we have just two weeks to convince them. Click here to send a letter urging the USDA to reject Dow's dangerous proposal. When it enters the human body, 2,4-D causes cell damage and hormonal disruption, which can result in reproductive harm and diseases like lymphoma. This pesticide is so hazardous that it has been banned in several other countries. NRDC asked the EPA to protect Americans, but the EPA is refusing to take any action. Without that support, the USDA's decision is even more critical. If the USDA grants Dow's request, it will mean more farmers around the country will spray much greater amounts of 2,4-D on their fields. If we can show the USDA that the public doesn't support this proposal, we can counter pressure from Dow and make the case for public health over corporate profits. Send a letter today urging the USDA to oppose Dow’s hazardous plan.