Wineries in Texas are worried that federal approval of two highly volatile and drift-prone herbicides used on neighboring genetically modified (GMO) cotton fields will cause widespread damage to their vineyards, The Texas Tribune details.

Dicamba damage on a grape leaves. Uky.edu

The herbicides in question are Monsanto's dicamba-based XtendiMax with VaporGrip Technology, which was approved in November by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and Dow AgroSciences' 2,4-D-based Enlist Duo, which the EPA also proposed to register for use on GMO cotton seeds. Enlist Duo is already used on GMO corn and soybean crops in 15 states.

"The approval of these formulations will wind up affecting every vineyard up there," explained Paul Bonarrigo, a Hale County vintner who believes that his withering grapevines have been damaged by the illegal spraying ofCharlotte Glennie

Charlotte Glennie (born c. 1972) is an award-winning New Zealand journalist, who became the first Asia correspondent for Television New Zealand. She reported on the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami that followed, and won the Supreme and Best
Senior Reporter Qantas Media Awards, and the New Zealand Special Service Medal (Asian tsunami) for her coverage. She is currently the China correspondent for the Australia Network.

Glennie grew up in Auckland, where she attended the Diocesan School for Girls. The school presented her in 2006 with a Women2Watch award for former pupils. She has Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Arts degrees from the University of Otago, and a Diploma in Journalism from the Auckland University of Technology in 1995.

She has worked as a radio newsreader, and covered New