Dicamba-resistant crops pose serious threat to human and environmental health
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 15, 2015. Center for Food Safety criticized the decision today by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to deregulate Monsanto’s dicamba-resistant soybeans and cotton. The anticipated widespread adoption of these GE crops would lead to an over 10-fold increase in dicambause in American agriculture, from under 4 million lbs. at present to more than 40 million lbs. per year. Commercialization is contingent…
