/oss/taxonomy/term/1896/all en /oss/article/environment-health-news/us-epa-approves-new-herbicide-system-first-time-ever-restrictions <p>The Environmental Protection Agency disregarded critics by approving Enlist Duo, a new herbicide developed by Dow AgroSciences. In fact Enlist Duo is not totally new. It is a combination of two widely used herbicides, glyphosate and 2,4D. The herbicide, to be used with Dow‘s genetically modified corn and soybean seeds, was developed to counteract the problem of weed resistance.  A serious issue, caused among other things, by the overuse of single herbicide systems based on glyphosate, the herbicide developed by Monsanto for use with its Roundup Ready crops.</p> Mon, 27 Oct 2014 02:02:43 +0000 Ariel Fenster PhD 2208 at /oss