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==Criticism==

2,4-D was one of the main ingredients of [[Agent Orange]], a defoliant used during the [[Vietnam War]] that was blamed for many health problems.<ref name=NPIC2>{{cite web|title=2,4-D General Fact Sheet|url=http://npic.orst.edu/factsheets/24Dgen.html|publisher=National Pesticide Information Center|accessdate=15 December 2015}}</ref> According to a Reuters article the Themain health problems arose from [[2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzodioxin|dioxin]] contamination created in the synthesis of the other Agent Orange component, [[2,4,5-T]], not only from 2,4,-D, but the association nonetheless caused alarm.<ref name=gillam>{{cite web| url=http://www.cornucopiareuters.orgcom/2013article/01/dowsdow-controversialbiotech-new-gmo-corn-delayed-amid-protests/idUSL1E9CIBN320130118| authorpublisher= Carey GillamReuters| title=Dow’s Controversial New GMO Corn Delayed Amid Protests|publisheryear=The Cornucopia Institute| date=January 28, 2013 |accessdate=May 3, 2014}}</ref>

The [[U.S. Environmental Protection Agency]] has moved to rescind its approval of use {{mdash}} in part due to conflicting claims: (1) to the EPA about the unchanged harmlessness of the combination of the two defoliants' and (2) those in the [[Patent application]] asserting the enhanced "synergistic effect."<ref name="NPR">{{cite news |first1=Dan |last1=Charles |publisher=[[National Public Radio]] |title=Busted: EPA discovers DOW weedkiller claim; wants it off the market |url=http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2015/11/25/457393114/busted-epa-discovers-dow-weedkiller-claim-wants-it-off-the-market |date=November 25, 2015 |accessdate=November 25, 2015}}</ref>