Special Projects > The Faja Project, 2005-2006

Dow AgroScience Faja
Dow AgroScience Faja
2005

Dow Agro Sciences is a subsidiary of Dow chemical.
They make pesticides, herbicides, and genetically modified seeds.

July Press Release on Dow's latest project at Organic Consumers Association
SAN FRANCISCO - July 13 - Public health and environmental advocates have asked the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to deny a request from Dow AgroSciences for a permit allowing it to release large amounts of sulfuryl fluoride onto farm fields in four states. The chemical is a toxic pesticide whose global warming effects are thousands of times stronger than carbon dioxide.