This is an alert for those of you who are sensitive and avoid residual toxins in your food. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has approved the pesticide isoxaflutole to be used on selected, genetically-engineered soybean crops. This will be a significant help for the farmers to be able to control damaging weeds, as their crops have become resistant to a number of other pesticides.

While the EPA has done considerable analysis regarding the safety of isoxaflutoleto humans and the environment, there remain hazard warnings that this pesticide is a likely human carcinogen and inhibits a human liver enzyme.

Issue: Are you comfortable with your food being grown with a pesticide labeled likely carcinogenic?

AHHA strives to maintain a neutral position on issues and viewsknowledge as power. For those interested in this month’s issue and learning more about this topic, the articles cited below were selected to offer you some resources to begin your research for what might impact you and your loved ones.

PRO
EPA Announces New Tool for Soybean Growers to Combat Weeds (3/30/20)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

LL GT27 Beans Get a Herbicide (4/2/20)
by Emily Unglesbee
Progressive Farmer

FSANZ Says New GM Soybeans Safe, Invites Public for Comments (4/15/20)
International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAAA)

CON
EPA sidesteps normal public process to approve BASF’s cancer-linked pesticide (4/3/20)
by Johnathan Hettinger
Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting

EPA Approves Known Carcinogen (4/30/20)
Alliance for Natural Health USA

EPA Approves Probable Carcinogenic Herbicide for Soybean use Without Proper Public Review (4/10/20)
by Kristina Martin
Organic Lifestyle

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