Summary
Corteva Agriscience has announced it will stop making and selling its herbicide Enlist Duo in the U.S. The decision comes after years of legal challenges about the pesticide's links to cancer and environmental harm. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency must still officially cancel the registration for Enlist Duo.
Key Facts
- Corteva Agriscience is stopping production and sales of the herbicide Enlist Duo in the U.S.
- Enlist Duo is a mix of two chemicals, 2,4-D and glyphosate, linked to cancer and environmental harms.
- The Center for Food Safety has been challenging Enlist Duo since 2015 due to health and environmental concerns.
- Enlist Duo currently makes up less than 1% of Corteva's U.S. Enlist sales.
- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has not yet officially canceled the product's registration.
- 2,4-D, used since the 1940s, was part of Agent Orange used in the Vietnam War.
- The World Health Organization classified glyphosate as "probably carcinogenic to humans" in 2015.
