Dow AgroSciences

Dow AgroSciences
Dow AgroSciences LLC
Type wholly owned subsidiary
Industry agricultural supplies
Headquarters Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
Parent Dow Chemical Company
Website www.dowagro.com

Dow AgroSciences LLC is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Dow Chemical Company specializing in not only agricultural chemicals such as pesticides, but also seeds and biotechnology solutions. The company is based in Indianapolis, Indiana, in the United States. On 31 January, 2006, Dow AgroSciences announced that it had received regulatory approval for the world's first plant-cell-produced vaccine against Newcastle disease virus from USDA Center for Veterinary Biologics.

Dow AgroSciences also produces Omega-9 canola and sunflower oils. These oils are said to be more healthy than alternative oils due to a combination of high-oleic and low-linoleic fatty acids.[1]

Ivor Watkins Dow, the predecessor in New Zealand of Dow AgroSciences, operated a plant near New Plymouth, accused of exposing nearby residents to dioxins.[2]

In October 2011, the U.S. Justice Department announced that an biotech specialist at Cargill had pleaded guiltly to stealing information from Cargill and Dow AgroSciences. Kexue Huang, a Chinese national, was discovered to be passing information back to China from Dow from at least 3 years, from 2007 to 2010.[3]

References

  1. ^ "About Omega-9 Oils". Dow AgroSciences. http://www.omega-9oils.com/about.htm. 
  2. ^ Collins, Simon (10 September 2004). "Dioxin response slow despite sinister signs". NZ Herald. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/feature/story.cfm?c_id=675&ObjectID=3590450. 
  3. ^ Tom Webb (2011-10-20). "A Cargill scientist, and a spy for China". Twin Cities Pioneer Press. http://www.twincities.com/ci_19151757. 

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