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You’ve got till Friday to complain

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April 25, 2012

As you may already know, the next contender in the GM corn wars is something called 2,4-D corn, which is being billed by Dow Chemical as the successor to Monsanto’s Roundup Ready corn. Earlier this month, the Environmental Protection Agency refused an appeal by the National Resources Defense Council to ban the new corn. But that hasn’t stopped the Just Label It campaign from rallying supporters against the new corn. If you want to protest the corn, send a letter before Friday.

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