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Sent: Friday, January 06, 2012 11:43 AM
To: Dieterle, Caroline M
Subject: What if we could have stopped "RoundUp Ready" in its tracks?

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Dear Caroline,

This one is pretty simple: Dow and USDA hope to quietly approve a new genet=
ically engineered seed line that basically swaps RoundUp (glyphosate) out a=
nd an even worse weedkiller (2,4-D) in. Bad idea.

The pesticide treadmill is catching up with Monsanto, as glyphosate-resista=
nt =93superweeds=94 run rampant and their blockbuster product line nears th=
e end of its life-cycle. Dow wants to drop in an even more toxic herbicide =
(2,4-D) to keep the treadmill running at high speed. We have until February=
 27th to stop this.

Tell USDA that you want off this ride=BB<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org=
/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3DB%2FXmBl4232cYNsrK41efEXGSW2GxyrKc> USDA opened a =
public comment period over the holiday break, as they tend to do for contro=
versial decisions they want to bury. But we=92re paying attention.

Dow aims to get 2,4-D-resistant corn to market this year, soy next year and=
 cotton in 2015. These three crops dominate U.S. agriculture, blanketing ov=
er 100 million acres of mono-cropped countryside, driving the pesticide mar=
ket.

As with Monsanto=92s RoundUp Ready lines, so too will it be with Dow=92s 2,=
4-D-resistant lines. The herbicide that these seeds are engineered to be us=
ed with (then glyphosate, now 2,4-D) will surge in use. Only this time, the=
 fallout will be worse. Here=92s why:

  *   2,4-D is a more toxic herbicide, both to humans and to plants. It is =
a reproductive toxicant, suspected endocrine disruptor and probable carcino=
gen. Children are particularly susceptible to its effects.
  *   2,4-D does and will drift off of target crops =96 both through spray =
drift and volatilization. This will devastate adjacent ecosystems and poses=
 a very real threat to rural economies and farmers growing non-2,4-D-resist=
ant crops. Conventional farmers will lose crops while organic farmers will =
lose both crops and certification, resulting in an economic unraveling of a=
lready-stressed rural communities.
  *   2,4-D-resistant =93superweeds=94 will arise and spread just as RoundU=
p-resistant =93superweeds=94 have taken over farms and countryside in the M=
idwest and Southeast.
  *   Corn is wind-pollinated, which means that genetic material from 2,4-D=
 corn will contaminate non-GE corn. You cannot put a GE genie back in the b=
ottle.

The risks are far too great=BB<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track=
.jsp?v=3D2&c=3DaqbB6XfZrDBtLAWyIhSnETuWFnBgHG55> This dangerous and antiqua=
ted herbicide shouldn=92t be on the market, and we certainly should not be =
giving Dow license to profit from driving up use.

We=92ll need to make a lot of noise on this one. Thanks so much for adding =
your voice!


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Dear Caroline,</p>
<p style=3D"color: rgb(67, 67, 67); font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;=
 font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.46em;">
This one is pretty simple: Dow and USDA hope to quietly approve a new genet=
ically engineered seed line that basically swaps RoundUp (glyphosate) out a=
nd an even worse weedkiller (2,4-D) in. Bad idea.</p>
<p style=3D"color: rgb(67, 67, 67); font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;=
 font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.46em;">
The pesticide treadmill is catching up with Monsanto, as glyphosate-resista=
nt =93superweeds=94 run rampant and their blockbuster product line nears th=
e end of its life-cycle. Dow wants to drop in an even more toxic herbicide =
(2,4-D) to keep the treadmill running
 at high speed. We have until February 27th to stop this.</p>
<p style=3D"color: rgb(67, 67, 67); font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;=
 font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.46em;">
<b><a href=3D"http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&amp;c=
=3DB%2FXmBl4232cYNsrK41efEXGSW2GxyrKc" style=3D"text-decoration: none; colo=
r: rgb(56, 112, 17);" target=3D"_blank"><b>Tell USDA that you want off this=
 ride=BB</b></a></b> USDA opened a public comment
 period over the holiday break, as they tend to do for controversial decisi=
ons they want to bury. But we=92re paying attention.</p>
<p style=3D"color: rgb(67, 67, 67); font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;=
 font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.46em;">
Dow aims to get 2,4-D-resistant corn to market this year, soy next year and=
 cotton in 2015. These three crops dominate U.S. agriculture, blanketing ov=
er 100 million acres of mono-cropped countryside, driving the pesticide mar=
ket.</p>
<p style=3D"color: rgb(67, 67, 67); font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;=
 font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.46em;">
As with Monsanto=92s RoundUp Ready lines, so too will it be with Dow=92s 2,=
4-D-resistant lines. The herbicide that these seeds are engineered to be us=
ed with (then glyphosate, now 2,4-D) will surge in use. Only this time, the=
 fallout will be worse. Here=92s why:</p>
<ul>
<li style=3D"color: rgb(67, 67, 67); font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif=
; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.46em;">
<b>2,4-D is a more toxic herbicide, both to humans and to plants.</b> It is=
 a reproductive toxicant, suspected endocrine disruptor and probable carcin=
ogen. Children are particularly susceptible to its effects.
</li><li style=3D"color: rgb(67, 67, 67); font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-=
serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.46em;">
<b>2,4-D does and will drift off of target crops</b> =96 both through spray=
 drift and volatilization. This will devastate adjacent ecosystems and pose=
s a very real threat to rural economies and farmers growing non-2,4-D-resis=
tant crops. Conventional farmers will
 lose crops while organic farmers will lose both crops and certification, <=
i>resulting in an economic unraveling of already-stressed rural communities=
.</i>
</li><li style=3D"color: rgb(67, 67, 67); font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-=
serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.46em;">
<b>2,4-D-resistant =93superweeds=94 <i>will</i> arise and spread</b> just a=
s RoundUp-resistant =93superweeds=94 have taken over farms and countryside =
in the Midwest and Southeast.
</li><li style=3D"color: rgb(67, 67, 67); font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-=
serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.46em;">
<b>Corn is wind-pollinated, which means that genetic material from 2,4-D co=
rn will contaminate non-GE corn.</b> You cannot put a GE genie back in the =
bottle.
</li></ul>
<p style=3D"color: rgb(67, 67, 67); font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;=
 font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.46em;">
<b><a href=3D"http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&amp;c=
=3DaqbB6XfZrDBtLAWyIhSnETuWFnBgHG55" style=3D"text-decoration: none; color:=
 rgb(56, 112, 17);" target=3D"_blank"><b>The risks are far too great=BB</b>=
</a></b>
<b>This dangerous and antiquated herbicide shouldn=92t be on the market, an=
d we certainly should not be giving Dow license to profit from driving up u=
se.</b></p>
<p style=3D"color: rgb(67, 67, 67); font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;=
 font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.46em;">
We=92ll need to make a lot of noise on this one. Thanks so much for adding =
your voice!</p>
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