Alliance For Human Research Protection
Posted by Vera Sharav | Monday, February 6, 2017
http://ahrp.org/gmo-reliance-on-toxic-chemicals-spawned-a-profusion-of-super-weeds/[excerpt]
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EPA spiked the amount of 2,4-D (Agent Orange) deemed it “safe” for children by an increase of 41 timesUnder the Obama administration, the EPA radically lowered its safety standards for pesticide/herbicide exposure. In 2005, under the Bush administration, the EPA set the acceptable “safe” daily intake of 2,4-D at 0.005 mg/kg. Under EPA’s new safety standards U.S. children ages 1 to 12 could consume 2,4-D (Agent Orange) “safely” at levels 41 times higher.
That amount of 2,4-D is deemed unsafe by the World Health Organization, Russia, Australia, South Korea, Canada, Brazil and China. For decades the EPA had considered that exposure level dangerous. Agent Orange is the defoliant used in Vietnam which has been linked to Parkinson’s disease, hypothyroidism and other health problems.
