[fullwidth background_color=”” background_image=”” background_parallax=”none” enable_mobile=”no” parallax_speed=”0.3″ background_repeat=”no-repeat” background_position=”left top” video_url=”” video_aspect_ratio=”16:9″ video_webm=”” video_mp4=”” video_ogv=”” video_preview_image=”” overlay_color=”” overlay_opacity=”0.5″ video_mute=”yes” video_loop=”yes” fade=”no” border_size=”0px” border_color=”” border_style=”” padding_top=”20″ padding_bottom=”20″ padding_left=”0″ padding_right=”0″ hundred_percent=”no” equal_height_columns=”no” hide_on_mobile=”no” menu_anchor=”” class=”” id=””][title size=”1″ content_align=”left” style_type=”underline solid” sep_color=”#000000″ margin_top=”” margin_bottom=”” class=”” id=””]Farm groups ask EPA to withdraw its request to a federal court to vacate the registration of Enlist Duo[/title][fusion_text]Tuesday, December 22nd 2015
Five prominent farm groups are asking EPA to withdraw its request to a federal court to vacate the registration of Enlist Duo, a widely used Dow herbicide. Last month, EPA asked the San Francisco-based Ninth Circuit federal appeals court to cancel the registration and remand the matter to EPA for further review. The agency said one of its scientists had come across a Dow patent application on the Internet that spoke of Enlist Duo’s potential for “synergistic herbicidal weed control.” This was after EPA had approved Enlist Duo for use and found that the two ingredients mixed together were not more toxic than either compound used by itself. The active ingredients are 2,4-D and glyphosate, two widely used – and controversial – herbicides. The letter asking EPA to reconsider its position was signed by the American Farm Bureau Federation, American Soybean Association, National Corn Growers Association, National Cotton Council and National Farmers Union. In their letter, a copy of which was sent to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, they argue that EPA’s request violates the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA).
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