A volatile weed killer linked to cancer and endocrine issues will likely be sprayed on millions more acres of soybeans and cotton across the Midwest and South starting this year. In January, China ...

In seemingly unrelated stories, activists from Oregon to Mexico City to Berlin have taken to the streets protesting genetically modified (GM) crops, and the Australian government has decided to ban ...

The controversial defoliant manufactured by The Dow Chemical Company and Monsanto for the U.S. Department of Defense during the Vietnam War is rumored to be making a comeback in the form of new ...

(Reuters) - A widely used farm chemical that is a key ingredient in a new herbicide developed by Dow AgroSciences "possibly" causes cancer in humans, a World Health Organization research unit has ...

North America 2,4 D Herbicides market was valued at USD 934.13 million in 2021 and is likely to reach USD 1,527.10 million by 2029, growing at a CAGR of 6.37% Global 2,4 D Herbicides market is ...

Even as crops resistant to 2,4-D herbicide are being developed, populations of weeds are also developing a resistance. A 2,4-D–resistant variety of the waterhemp weed has been found, and its spread ...

Environmental groups have been making a big stink about the herbicide 2,4-D for many years. Yet, Health Canada's Pest Management Regulatory Agency just determined it was perfectly fine to keep using ...

Huey helicopters were used to disperse Agent Orange across forests and farms in over 6,500 missions in a nine year period of the Vietnam War. Image source: Wikimedia Commons The use of Agent Orange, ...