Corteva, a major chemical company, announced it will stop producing Enlist Duo. This herbicide mixes Agent Orange chemicals and glyphosate. Both are linked to cancer and serious environmental harm. Agent Orange was used by the US military in the Vietnam War and caused grave health issues. Glyphosate is also toxic and controversial. Despite this, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approved Enlist Duo twice for use on food crops like corn, soybeans, and cotton across 4.5 million acres annually. The end of Enlist Duo comes after over ten years of lawsuits and public campaigns seeking its ban. Kristina Sinclair from the Center for Food Safety, one of the lawsuit leaders, said, "After over a decade of legal battles, rather than try to rebut our arguments in court, the manufacturer pulled Enlist Duo from the market." She added, "Our food system never should have been doused in this toxic cocktail, and now never will be again." Corteva has not shared why it stopped making the product. In 2022, the company sold over $1 billion in Enlist products. However, its related herbicide Enlist One, containing the Agent Orange chemical 2,4-D, will still be used. Lawsuits against 2,4-D approval will continue. This chemical is a "possible" carcinogen linked to cancers, birth defects, and harm to many endangered species. Environmental groups argue the EPA ignored risks such as causes of new herbicide-resistant "superweeds" and did not properly protect endangered animals. The EPA first approved Enlist Duo in 2014 but a court blocked it in 2020. Despite this, the EPA reapproved it in 2022 without enough safety checks. Nathan Donley from the Center for Biological Diversity criticized the EPA's approach: "Getting pesticides to market is always the goal for the EPA – and when that’s the driving force of a country’s regulator, there’s only so much you can expect from them." This case highlights ongoing debates about pesticide risks and regulation in the US.