Objection against general release of three 2,4-D GM maize varieties:
1. Corteva’s 2,4-D herbicide tolerant maize: DAS-40278-9
2. Corteva’s Stacked 2,4-D and glyphosate herbicide tolerant maize: NK603 x DAS-40278-9
3. Corteva’s Stacked 2,4-D, glyphosate and glufosinate herbicide tolerant, and Bt insecticidal maize: MON89034 x TC1507 x NK603 x DAS-40278-9
The objection is in relation to the general release applications of Corteva (previously Dow AgroSciences) of three GM maize varieties and their associated pesticides – the Agent Orange war chemical 2,4-D, as well as glyphosate, glufosinate and quizalofop – due to concerns surrounding the unacceptable biosafety risks they pose to human health and the environment. If approved, South African farmers will for the first time be cultivating GM maize seed with 2,4-D.
The ACB firmly rejects the approval of the three varieties of GM maize to enter South Africa for general release, based on inadequate evidence of safety to both human health and the environment, as well as concerns over socio-economic impacts they will have over the people of South Africa.
We urge that the authorities take a precautionary approach in rejecting these varieties to protect people and the environment.
For the ACB’s full objection sent to the Department of Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF), please click here.
For ACB’s PRESS RELEASE on this application, here is the link.
Here are links to the objections made by other organisations to this application:
- Community Alliance for Global Justice Objection
- National Family Farm Coalition Objection
- Pesticide Action Network North America Objection
Here are links to previous ACB publications and submissions that pertain to 2,4-D:
- South Africa and 2,4 D stacked GM maize: biosafety, socio-economic risks
- War Chemical 2,4 D GM maize in SA: in the fields and coming to our plates soon
- Letters to UN High Commissioner for Human Rights for urgent interventions: Dow?s 2,4 D + glufosinate ammonium+ glyphosate tolerant GM soya
- Civil Society Calls for PUBLIC Parliamentary Hearings on Genetically Modified Food
- The new generation of GM herbicide crops – poison cocktail for ailing agriculture
- Dow’s APPLICATION FOR COMMODITY CLEARANCE of DAS-68416-4 [GM Soybeans 2.4] in SA
- Independent scientific biosafety assessment of the application for commodity clearance of transgenic soybean, DAS-68416-4
- SOUTH AFRICAN GOVERNMENT BLASTED OVER APPROVAL OF ‘AGENT ORANGE’ GM SOYA
- What next after a ban on glyphosate – more toxic chemicals and GM crops?
- Glyphosate in SA: unregulated and contaminating our water and soil: ACB calls for a moratorium on glyphosate use
- SA’s food safety compromised by lack of testing for risky glyphosate
- Glyphosate in SA: Risky pesticide at large and unregulated in our soil and water
- How Much Glyphosate is on your dinner plate? SA’s food safety compromised by lack of testing
- Letters to UN High Commissioner for Human Rights for urgent interventions: Dow?s 2,4 D + glufosinate ammonium+ glyphosate tolerant GM soya
- Monsanto’s risky triple herbicide-tolerant soybeans to enter South Africa’s food systems
- No Safe Limits for Toxic Pesticides in our Food
- GM0 ALERT: news and status quo in South Africa
- Objection to Application by Dow for general release of GM maize: MON89034 X TC1507 x NK603 with the intention for cultivation in the entire region of South Africa
- ACB’S Objections to Syngenta’s application for field trials of GM Maize