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t,4 uictuoropnenoxyacenc .vcia tt,4 u/ <br />~lll~llllllllll I • • <br />999 <br />INDUSTRY TASK FORCE II ON <br />2,4-D RESEARCH DATA <br />Welcome to the Industry Task Force II on 2,4-D Research Data Web Site. <br />ragc i vi c <br />2,4-D, a member of the phenoay family of herbicides, was the first selective herbicide developed. <br />It was introduced in 1947, and rapidly became the most widely used herbicide in the world. <br />A selective herbicide is one that controls weeds in a crop without damaging that crop. <br />Atter 50 years of use, 2,4-D is still the third roost widely used herbicide in the United States and <br />Canada, and the most widely used worldwide. Its major uses in agriculture are on wheat and <br />small grains, sorghum, corn, rice, sugar cane, low-till soybeans, rangeland, and pasture. It is <br />also used oo rights-of-way, roadsides, non-crop areas, forestry, lawn and turf care, and o0 <br />aquatic weeds. A recently published eight-year U.S Department of Agriculture study (NAPIAP <br />Report NO. 1-PA-96) concluded that, should 2,4-D no longer be available, the cost to growers <br />and other users, in terms of higher weed control expenses, and to consumers, io the form of <br />higher food and fiber prices, would total $1,683 million annually in the U.S. alone. The study <br />also reviewed the 2,4-D epidemiology and toxicology data packages and concluded (page2) that <br />after 50 years of eateosive use, "The phenoxy herbicides are low in toxicity to humans and <br />animals (1,9). No scientifically documented health risks, either acute or chronic, exist from the <br />approved uses of the phenoxy herbicides." <br />A study entitled. "An economic assessment of the beuefits of 2,4-D in Canada" done in 1988 <br />under Canadian Government sponsorship, Concluded that the net benefits of 2,4-D in Canada <br />totaled a third of a billon dollars annually. A worldwide study of the benefts of 2,4-D measured <br />in terms of increased food production and lower food prices has never been done, although <br />those benefits are known to be enormous. 2,4-D has for the past fifty years, been a major tool in <br />the continuing fight to reduce world hunger. <br />1,4-D is the most thoroughly researched herbicide in the world. <br />Contents: <br />. Recent Developments <br />http://www.24d.org/ 11/15/98 <br />