+ DOW WANTS "AGENT ORANGE" SOYA IN BRAZIL

+ DOW WANTS "AGENT ORANGE" SOYA IN BRAZIL
Dow AgroSciences has issued a request to the National Technical Commission for Biosafety (CTNBio) to undertake field trials with a GM soya variety tolerant to the 2,4-D herbicide. 2,4-D was one of the two components of the infamous Agent Orange, the defoliant used in the Vietnam War responsible for thousands of cases of cancer, leukaemia and neurological pathologies, as well as the birth of countless babies with physical and mental problems. Dow's move has been described by GM Freeze as "a step back into the Dark Ages".
http://www.gmwatch.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&a... orange-legacy-us-vietnam-brazil
http://tiny.cc/jilaI

+ COMPANIES CONCEALED EFFECTS OF DIOXIN
Interesting interview with an American lawyer and a French activist who say chemical companies that produced Agent Orange, a toxic defoliant used by the US Army during the Vietnam War, connived to cover up its dangers.
http://www.gmwatch.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&a... orange-legacy-us-vietnam-brazil
http://tiny.cc/jilaI

By tabla on Aug 7, 2009, 10:41 in Brazil forum.

tabla says on Aug 14, 2009, 12:50: COMPANIES/U.S. KNEW OF DANGERS OF AGENT ORANGE A review of the documents related to the use of Agent Orange – a dioxin-laden herbicide – in Vietnam, including decades-old declassified papers from the companies that manufactured it and the government and military that used it, provides compelling evidence that those in charge also concealed evidence of the devastating effects it could have on people. A now disclosed Dow document warns of one of the herbicide constituents of Agent Orange, "This material is exceptionally toxic; it has a tremendous potential for producing chloracne and systemic injury". This has particular significance given Dow's attempt to introduce GM soybeans resistant to this same herbicide - see: Dow wants 'orange soya' in Brazil GM-Free Brazil Campaign, 9 June 2009 http://www.aspta.org.br/por-um-brasil-livre-de-transgenicos/updates/up... Dow GM Soya: A Step Back Into the Dark Ages GM Freeze, June 13 2009 http://www.gmfreeze.org/page.asp?id=385&iType= http://www.gmwatch.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&a... http://tiny.cc/mCtN6 I also write for the archive. 0 funny, 0 helpful.

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