If They Say "Agent Orange", Stop Listening
Some people are truly slimy. Few things frame the use of fear to attempt to motivate opinion on transgenic crops like the increasing use the phrase "Agent Orange". It seems that you can't read an anti-GMO opinion lately where the author does not allude to the tragic use of this military agent, now in the contemporary setting of a farm near you! And of course, they'll tell you it will be in your food. And in your baby food. And in your breastmilk. It is about fear. Period. Agent Orange was a collection of herbicides, namely 2,4-D and 2,4,5-T, that were produced by at least sixteen companies during the Vietnam War era. They were used as defoliants, key weapons to expose an entrenched resistance in a dense jungle. These compounds are synthetic auxins, a class of plant hormone that inspires rapid cell division and elongation growth. Essentially, a plant grows itself to death. The 2,4,5-T preparation was contaminated with a potent dioxin, a chemical direct