Farmers await an FDA decision on the use of dicamba for next year’s growing season after a federal court banned it, and manufacturers claim they have developed new formulations preventing it from damaging other crops.…
A new report calls for the EPA to require dicamba manufacturers to solve its drift problem before allowing the weed killer to return to the market.…
BASF has agreed to a $72.5 million settlement over claims it hid the presence of asbestos in talc dug up from a Vermont mine.…
Weed killer manufacturers are urging a federal appeals court to reconsider a decision which banned many uses of the weed killer dicamba, which has been linked to widespread crop damage.…
An Iowa agricultral scientist warns that 2020 has seen the most extensive crop damage from dicamba use yet.…
An EPA order cancelling approval for dicamba in the wake of a court ruling has sewn confusion due to provisions allowing use of the herbicide through July.…
The EPA has been forced to reverse its approval of certain dicamba weed killer products after a federal appeals court ruled the agency erred in approving it for over-the-top use.…
A new study warns that exposure to dicamba could increase the risk of liver cancer.…
Several environmental and farming groups are challenging the EPA’s decision to approve the weed killer dicamba, which some farmers say was designed to drift onto neighboring fields and kill non-dicamba-resistant crops.…
The OIG is investigating the EPA’s approval of dicamba, a weed killer which farmers say drifts to neighboring crops and kills them.…
