Weed Killer Manufacturers Seek Rehearing Over Dicamba Ban
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.…
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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.…
Newly revealed internal memos suggest Monsanto and BASF knew that dicamba could drift and destroy other crops as far back as 2009, and anticipated facing a large number of lawsuits.…
A Missouri federal jury has awarded a peach farmer $265 million for damage done to his groves by dicamba herbicide drift.…
A trial underway in Missouri involving a lawsuit filed by a peach farmer claims the herbicide dicamba was specifically designed to drift onto neighboring farms and destroy those crops, forcing farmers to buy genetically modified seeds to protect their fields.…